State governments and media outlets question the motives behind the recent federal government reversal on online gaming.
State Attorney General of New Jersey, Gurbir S. Grewal, is seeking information related to lobbying efforts that may have influenced the reversal in opinion on the Wire Act by the US Department of Justice.
In a Freedom of Information Act Request (FOIA), Grewal outlined media reports that suggest influence by billionaire Sheldon Adelson and not “intervening facts or law” may have been the determining factor in the sudden and unsubstantiated reversal that stands to have an adverse impact on well-established online gambling operations in the country.