Excerpt from article from Politico yesterday:
Some expect Reid will give it one more shot and try to squeeze online gambling language into a must-pass piece of legislation, similar to what he did in 2010, said Mark Hichar, head of the gaming law group at Boston-based law firm Edwards Wildman.
He’ll get that opportunity when a payroll tax extension debate resurfaces in February, online gambling experts say.
“This is an issue that resonates with him,” said Hichar, who represents a company that helps runs several state lottery systems. “Those are his constituents and he wants to get this done for them.”
As a result of the DOJ ruling, Internet poker groups are pointing to the states as the main reason for a federal law.
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