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Mr. X suggested to me in November that the process would be a carrot and stick situation and the Republicans were going to offer a carrot by legalizing some form of gambling that is currently not allowed federally, but that in return they will ask for a halt to online casino games i.e. the stick.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Adelson doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t care about sports betting, horse racing or even poker,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/em> Mr. X told me 8 months ago. “He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s only concerned about slots, banked card games, craps and roulette which he believes will eat into Las Vegas Sand\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s revenues. At the same time, he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll try to halt all forms of online gambling where possible.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/em><\/p>\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Supreme Court will rule that the current sports betting laws violates the 10th<\/sup> amendment. Consequently, they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll tell New Jersey that they can offer sports betting at race tracks as the state has requested. I doubt very much it will be a full repeal of PASPA but instead will allow for limited sports betting if it helps another industry already legal in the state. That means that race tracks and land-based casinos will be able to offer sports betting as a part of a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153whole gambling package\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. They\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll almost certainly limit that right to professional sports only, hence not a full repeal of PASPA, and they will make a requirement that betting has to take place in a current gambling establishment so sportsbooks will not be able to be set up like in England.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/em><\/p>\n That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the carrot.<\/p>\n Here\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the stick.<\/p>\n Within a few months of this bill passing, Congress will introduce a new bill which will make all forms of online gambling illegal<\/strong>. It won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be called RAWA but rather some bill that is not so confrontational, something like \u00e2\u20ac\u0153the Internet gambling control bill.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Mr. X is confident that bill will be introduced prior to next year\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s midterm elections. The bill won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t change the DoJ\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s opinion, but will rather create a new requirement for online gambling that will effectively make it impossible for states to meet. This would likely put in measures that will require the state to oversee all aspects of any form of online gambling and will prevent any partnerships with non-American owned companies. With that stipulation and a hefty licensing fee it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s doubtful any online casinos will get off the ground. The only question in Mr. X\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s mind is whether there will be a rule to grandfather in current states as happened with PASPA<\/p>\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It will be very hard for the courts to tell New Jersey and Delaware that they can no longer offer online gambling which was passed legally in the state, but they might put in new rules to ensure that gambling remains there. Adelson has no interest in a New Jersey casino so he won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t lose sleep if they keep it, but he will want to ensure that Nevada never expands beyond poker which is what they are currently offering. More importantly he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll want to make certain that the other 47 states never introduce online gambling since many of those states either have a Las Vegas Sands casino or Adelson may want to put one there.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/em><\/p>\n So, if Mr. X and other industry analysts are correct, the first step has just been taken to get a form of RAWA passed. For all his comments about not owing anyone anything it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s clear that Donald Trump does feel indebted to people who help him and Adelson is one of them. Let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s hope for American bettors Mr. X is wrong.<\/p>\n Read insights from Hartley Henderson every week here<\/a> at OSGA and check out more from Hartley’s RUMOR MILL<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When the Republicans won the last election and Lindsay Graham, Jason Chaffetz and Marco Rubio were all put back in their appointments a colleague with a connection close to Capital Hill (I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll call him Mr. X for this article) told me \u00e2\u20ac\u0153it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s over for online casino gambling.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Mr. X, who has been dealing with a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[106,4],"tags":[45,43,69,107,32],"class_list":["post-2643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gambling-rumors","category-us-legislation","tag-internet-gambling","tag-online-gambling","tag-online-wagering","tag-rumor-mill","tag-sports-betting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.osga.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.osga.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.osga.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.osga.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.osga.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2643"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.osga.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2643\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2747,"href":"https:\/\/www.osga.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2643\/revisions\/2747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.osga.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.osga.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.osga.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"online](\"http:\/\/www.osga.com\/images\/casino-laptop.png\")
I got in touch with Mr. X last night, after it was revealed that the U.S. Supreme Court<\/strong> was prepared to hear the state\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s sports betting<\/strong> case and asked him if he was surprised. He said he wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t and it was just an expected step in the process. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m just surprised it took so long,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/em> Mr. X stated. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153But I suppose Jeff Sessions and Trump had to work out a plan with New Jersey officials and figure out the next steps.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/em> Asked what those next steps are he was confident in his answer:<\/p>\n