According to PokerNews reporter Brett Collson:

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Brett Collson ‏@brettcollson43m
Spoke with a high-ranking gaming exec who claims to have intel that Sheldon Adelson has hired lobbyists against California's web poker bill.

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Brett Collson ‏@brettcollson42m
Adelson has supposedly switched his position on internet poker and is now backing a federal bill with Sen. Harry Reid.

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Brett Collson ‏@brettcollson58m
NJ Gov. Christie also allegedly going to support Reid's bill, which could be introduced if and when California's legislation fails.

Also interesting:
Reid to Bring New Federal Online-Poker Bill

Figured his comments were self serving in some way

That would be a very recent flip flop.

http://stopinternetgambling.com/

It would be best if he just succumbed to the actuarial tables and shuffled off this mortal coil. Then we would be freed from ever giving a **** about what this dinosaur thinks.

wait wha....... What?

He'll support online poker aslong as legislation is crafted in a way that best benefits his ambitions to profit off of it. The dialog wasn't going the way he liked so he protested. This is how they do.

its a tarp!

right, poker isn't gambling. this bill will prohibit online gambling.

Lol, shocker.

He has never differentiated. IPoker is included on that site.

Maybe we'll get a ninja edit. Someone get a screen cap.

with all these poker bills trying to be passed it makes me wonder the point of making it illegal 6 years ago.

Kinda like, lets ban alcohol then 5 years later fight for it legal like wtf?

Welcome to the whacky world of dementia. If he weren't such an asshat who impacts us I'd feel sorry for him.

it's happened before, and jon kyl didn't even have the benefit of already owning one of the most popular poker rooms in the world.

it didn't work for us that time, but it happened. YOU ALL SAW IT. i'm not crazy!

Mr. SS:

The point of making it illegal six years ago was to clear the playing field by first removing all the established competition - as in Poker Stars, Full Tilt, UB, AP and all the other "illegal" offshore sites. Gary Loveman was on CNBC back in the summer of 2010 with Maria Bartiromo referring to these sites as "essentially illegal operators" before going on to declare "... We are talking with our friends in Congress ..." about federal legalization. (He conveniently left off any hint or inkling about Black Friday being in the works, but you can bet he knew what was coming down the pike.) Once Mr. Loveman, Mr. Adelson, et al. eliminated the competition, ("Thank you Preet Bharara!") they proceeded to step 2 - which is making it "legal" again - but only for operators who weren't [previous] bad actors. Eliminating the existing established competition was the necessary prerequisite in this process.

These US-based domestic operators want "legal" internet poker - they just want it minus the competition. They want a form of "semi competition" among themselves where only 2-3 operators (maximum) dominate the entire US market. They'll let Poker Stars keep what they have - which is basically domination of the ROW market - since they don't want to compete against the Schienbergs anyway. That will allow them to operate in the US as an oligopoly where cut throat competition on things like rake, rake back, and VIP promotions will be either eliminated or greatly curtailed.

This is just billionaires doing what billionaires do - fighting over money and screwing their customers. It's never been about poker players and what is in their best interest. Anybody who believes that is naive.

**** adelson

This guy really pisses me off.

He can not be trusted and will never have players interest in mind.

I'd be more excited if I hadn't been hearing that legal online poker is right around the corner every year for the past six or seven years now. I'll believe it when the bill actually passes.

pretty much. back to wpn i go.

What do you expect!? He's a businessman!

this exactly

i like the Barton bill better.

We just remember this when poker sites come out that he's invested in. I mean we are the players who pay rake. It's our choice whether or not we let him profit from our play. He's no doubt been throwing money behind efforts to keep poker legislation from coming to light until he feels he's in the best spot to capitalize on it. Let's just organize boycotts of any site he owns. Done and done.

If he gets online poker legalized all is forgiven afaic.

Yeah but think about what kind of guy he is. If he's getting legislation passed the way he wants it, it's not at all going to favor the player.

Well, GL I guess.

If we get fed Ipoker it's going to come down to Reid. So I guess GOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGO!