Online Gamblers supporting Frank

According to the Boston Globe newspaper, Newton, Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank has acquired support for his reelection campaign from many gamblers even though he does not gamble.
Many online gamblers and operators know that Frank has been a strong-minded political campaigner for a state-controlled online gambling regime in the United States, and definitely supports the right of citizens to decide how they spend their disposal income.

He has been instrumental in pointing out the confusion and inequities in US laws and tried to fix them, in the process publicising the positive aspects of the industry and its taxation potential.

"More than any other lawmaker, Frank is cited by online gamblers as their standard-bearer. In his powerful position as chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, he has proposed legislation that would legalize their industry, which has a shadowy image and is constantly under fire by the US Department of Justice," quote from the Boston Globe article.

According to the newspaper, for some years ahead, Frank has silently turned into a cult hero for poker players and the online gambling industry by backing up their cause on Capitol Hill. The effect is donations from gamblers to his campaign during a fund-raiser, and since January 2007, he has received $48 300 from poker interests, making up about 7 percent of his individual contributions, according to public records.

According to the Globe, gambling information websites have begun to post videos of Frank from C-SPAN. Latest donors to his campaign account include a pit boss at the Bellagio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, and a world champion professional poker player who began his way on the Internet called Chris Moneymaker.

The report goes on to summarize the past and current legislation situation of online gambling in the United States, including the contentious passage into law of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act.

Prominently, the report shows that a number of businesses were off the hook from the law, including online state lotteries, fantasy sports, and Internet horse racing.

Frank said that his stand on gambling is rooted in his perspective about the appropriate limits on government involvement in people's individual decisions. "If people want to gamble in the privacy of their homes," he said, "they should be allowed."

"If it affects me, mind your own business. If affects others, let the government get involved."

Casino News: Online Gamblers supporting Frank

Online Gamblers supporting Frank