You just knew that some gamblers would not let by-gones be by-gone, but politicians probably didn’t see it coming.

They like to think of it as the green-felt revolution – the upset defeat of Iowa Rep. Jim Leach, father of the Internet gambling ban, in last month’s congressional elections.

Leach had been in online gamblers’ sights ever since Congress passed the ban as one of its final acts before the Nov. 7 elections. Stunned by the new law, the Poker Players Alliance rallied members to take their outrage to the polls and cast ballots against those who voted for the ban.

Now, the group plans to use Leach’s experience as an example.

A post-election poll commissioned by the poker players suggests that gambling may have helped do in the 15-term Republican congressman. The poll of 1,000 voters by RT Strategies showed that, among voters for whom the gambling subject was a pivotal issue, Leach’s Democratic challenger, David Loebsack, enjoyed a 5 percentage point edge. Leach lost by 3 percentage points.

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Tags: gambling, Government Policy, United States|
Posted By: froosh | Dec 10th