“[Internet-gaming analysts] believe that federal politicians are happy to play the pro-gambling crowd off of the anti-gambling crowd (and vice versa) in order to reap the reward of federal lobbying money. It’s something of a sport in Washington, and veterans of Congress are quite adept at it.” — Churchill Downs‘ Bluff newsletter, on the “false hope” being dangled before gullible gaming companies by Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX).
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That sounds about right.
From my perch 12 blocks from the Capitol, the newsletter writer hit the nail on the head. Both sides of the gambling debate are milked regularily by established politicians.