Key Takeaways
- Yesterday’s sub-committee hearing on the Restoration of the Wire Act (RAWA) bill was not a shining example of the democratic process in action.
- Biased and inaccurate testimony was presented in an environment where politicians were motivated more by the prospect of Sheldon Adelson’s money than by an honest desire to do the right thing for America.
- The witnesses and committee attacked safe-gambling technology but called no technical experts to give evidence; they attacked gambling regulators but called no regulators.
Yesterday’s sub-committee hearing on the Restoration of the Wire Act (RAWA) bill was not a shining example of the democratic process in action—biased and inaccurate testimony was presented in an environment where politicians were motivated more by the prospect of Sheldon Adelson’s money than by an honest desire to do the right thing for America.
The witnesses and committee attacked safe-gambling technology but called no technical experts to give evidence; they attacked gambling regulators but called no regulators.
