Political Quotes

“This legislation does not treat online gambling unfairly compared to offline gambling. In fact, the activities complained of have been going on on the telephone lines for decades and this legislation is simply designed to bring the Wire Act, written in 1961 when the Wire Act was a good description of telecommunications in this country, into the modern age when telecommunications takes on a whole host of different ramifications, including the Internet. It does not in any way expand gambling on the Internet. We have made that perfectly clear time and time again. Why else would the National Coalition Against Gambling Expansion support this legislation? The bill retrenches gambling on the Internet by fighting 700 online cybercasinos, by giving law enforcement new tools to deal with sports betting online, by stopping the efforts of some who stand to make tens of millions of dollars selling services to State lotteries to sell tickets online in people's homes. I want to make the point perfectly clear that we do not tell the States that they cannot use the Internet. We simply say that when they use the Internet, they have to use it in public places, like convenience stores or other places where children can be screened out and they cannot buy tickets online as they could at home.”