Will He Or Won’t He? Online Gamblers Hold Their Breath

There is speculation that President Bush may elect to refer the online gambling legislation back to Congress, since there are too many flaws due to the last-minute nature of amendments that had to be made in order to attach the proposal at the eleventh hour to the port security bill on which it passed.

Lobbyist Debbie Richardson, who declines to identify her company, organized a small protest in Washington earlier this week. According to Richardson, the protest produced new information that runs contrary to the almost universal view that President Bush will sign the Act into law today as part of a port security measure.

Richardson was apparently told that the President could decline to sign off the new law on grounds that it may be flawed. The fact that many Congressmen and women were not given enough time to study the final content of the bill was also apparently a cause for concern. President Bush has the power to send the attachment bill back to the Senate for a 30-day period, for debate and more competent drafting, she was told.

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Meanwhile, here are some reader comments on the new Internet Gambling Act

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