New Jersey, Nevada and Delaware have so far taken up the option to introduce a regulated online gaming service, while a number of other states have considered similar moves.
However, a number of lobby groups have continued to campaign against the law and have backed the Restoration of America’s Wire Act, which would ultimately outlaw any form of internet gaming in the country.
According to the Huffington Post, Sessions could consider such a move, despite a reported lack of public support and opposition from the National Governors Association.
Chris Grove, a consultant for stakeholders in the country’s regulated market, told the publication that should the ban be reintroduced, it would threaten thousands of job across the country, halt the creation of tens of thousands of new jobs and negatively impact tax income for those states that have legalised online gaming.
"A federal ban on regulated online gambling would be a tremendous loss for consumers and states. It would be a massive victory for the illegal, offshore betting industry, which has no interest in competing with state-regulated sites,” Grove said.
"That can
hardly be an outcome AG Sessions hopes to achieve; but it is the inevitable
effect of any federal action to rob states of their ability to decide whether
online gambling regulation is right for them,” Grove added.
Source: GMB / iGaming Business
