{"id":16460,"date":"2015-07-23T09:46:30","date_gmt":"2015-07-23T17:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/?p=16460"},"modified":"2015-07-23T09:46:30","modified_gmt":"2015-07-23T17:46:30","slug":"vetting-the-candidates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/vetting-the-candidates\/","title":{"rendered":"Vetting the candidates"},"content":{"rendered":"

Although Paddy Power<\/strong> has lengthened his odds for gaining the White House<\/strong> to 12\/1, New Jersey<\/strong> Gov. Chris Christie<\/strong> (R) would be one of the most supportive<\/a> — if not the most<\/em> supportive — candidates \"Christie<\/a>toward the gaming industry. He’s also taken advantage of the Department of Justice<\/strong>‘s reinterpretation of Wire Act<\/strong> to get the Garden State into Internet<\/strong> gaming (although he downplays the significance of his signature<\/a> on the enabling legislation). He’s also pushed very, very vigorously for legalized sports betting. His one blemish is recent mistreatment of New Jersey<\/strong>‘s Indian tribes, which could point to a more conservative position on tribal gambling nationwide.<\/p>\n

That “maybe” hardens into a certainty when the subject is Jeb Bush<\/strong>, the ex-Florida<\/strong> governor who refused to enter into compact negotiations with the Seminole Tribe<\/strong>. A rollback of policy to the era of the anti-tribal George W. Bush<\/strong> administration seems inevitable. He also said, back in 2008, “Florida is family friendly, wholesome, prosperous place [and] gambling doesn’t have a part in that.” Since then gambling has become pretty well ubiquitous, particularly in the battleground states, so that’s got to stick in his craw. Voters in Miami-Dade County<\/strong> turned a deaf ear<\/a> to his attempts to stop casinos from being put there. While he’s out of step with the electorate on casinos, he could thwart Internet gambling simply by ordering a re-re-interpretation of the Wire Act. His odds stand at 8\/1.<\/p>\n

Leading the field at 5\/4, Hillary Clinton<\/strong> still has some explaining to do<\/a>. In 1984, she stumped (successfully) for anti-casino forces in Arkansas<\/strong>. Sixteen years later, as senator for New York State<\/strong>, she supported casino expansion at Monticello Raceway<\/strong> and near Niagara Falls<\/strong>. \u00a0She’s also on both sides of Internet gambling, having voted for the infamous Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act<\/strong> but also promoting the idea of a study to see if ‘Net betting could be safely regulated.\u00a0Online Poker Report.com<\/em> nevertheless thinks a Clinton II administration would support expanded Internet wagering.<\/p>\n

Readers, the choice is yours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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