{"id":33011,"date":"2015-11-25T16:01:05","date_gmt":"2015-11-26T00:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=33011"},"modified":"2015-11-25T16:24:25","modified_gmt":"2015-11-26T00:24:25","slug":"brian-sandoval-blasts-nevada-ag-adam-laxalt-over-rawa-stance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/brian-sandoval-blasts-nevada-ag-adam-laxalt-over-rawa-stance\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian Sandoval Blasts Nevada AG Adam Laxalt Over Pro-RAWA Support"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval took off on State Attorney General Adam Laxalt’s publicly expressed support for RAWA in one of three US states that has already legalized iGaming. (Image: politico.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Nevada Governor\u00a0Brian Sandoval<\/a> has publicly reprimanded his state’s attorney general, Adam Laxalt, over the baffling pro-RAWA comments he made Tuesday on the local political talk show Ralston Live<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Laxalt, whose grandfather Paul Laxalt governed the state from 1967-1971, told veteran political reporter and commentator Jon Ralston that he fully intended to add his name to a list of state attorneys general who support the Restoration of America’s Wire Act (RAWA).<\/p>\n

This, despite the fact that the legislation, if passed, would effectively dismantle the Nevada\u2019s fledgling online gambling industry. The state’s legislature voted unanimously to authorize and regulate online poker in 2013.<\/p>\n

Last month, Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster and South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson began circulating a chain letter intended to drum up support for RAWA among state AGs.<\/p>\n

Adelson Funding<\/h2>\n

Pressed on whether he would sign the letter, Laxalt, usually a states\u2019 rights advocate, gave an unexpected answer: yes, he would, he said.<\/p>\n

Laxalt\u2019s 2014 election campaign received funding from LVS chairman Sheldon Adelson, RAWA\u2019s architect and financial sponsor.<\/p>\n

\u201cCongress spoke on this issue and had an existing Wire Act, and then Attorney General [Eric] Holder issued an opinion and changed that landscape,\u201d explained Laxalt. \u201cAnd he changed that landscape without gaming companies and without law enforcement and all the parties that should have been involved to make sure we can keep consumers safe, and all of the things that should have been done properly.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo I think in this case we\u2019re looking to return it back to what the status quo was of Congress past,\u201d he said. \u201cGaming is a different animal. You need to know where the sources of money are coming from …”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cThe entire gaming industry is behind this [online gambling], apart from one guy, Sheldon Adelson,\u201d interrupted Ralston. \u201cCynics would say, \u2018Sheldon Adelson supported his campaign and this is just Adam Laxalt doing his thing for Sheldon Adelson.\u2019”<\/p>\n

Laxalt replied that he had not spoken to Adelson about this matter.<\/p>\n

Sandoval Strikes Back<\/h2>\n

A presumably furious Brian Sandoval hit back swiftly.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe gaming industry is changing and in order for Nevada\u2019s businesses to maintain a competitive edge internationally, we must enact policies that allow the industry to meet the demands of a younger, more technologically engaged gamer,\u201d he said in an official statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe groundbreaking online gaming bill previously passed by the legislature provides local businesses with an environment where they can grow and prosper.<\/p>\n

\u201cFurthermore, as a former Attorney General, Gaming Commission Chairman and someone who worked with the industry and the Legislature on Nevada’s online poker legislation, I am very concerned that anyone representing the state’s legal interests would speak out against current state law in our leading industry,\u201d Sandoval blasted to the current AG Laxalt in no uncertain terms.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A.G. Burnett, head of the Nevada Gaming Control Board, echoed the governor\u2019s sentiments, saying that \u201cwithout a carve-out for state-regulated online poker, the activity simply couldn\u2019t exist in a legal, regulated format.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am concerned that would mean that offshore operators would still be able to offer illegal, unregulated online poker, while licensed and suitable entities are banned from doing so,\u201d Burnett said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nevada Governor\u00a0Brian Sandoval has publicly reprimanded his state’s attorney general, Adam Laxalt, over the baffling pro-RAWA comments he made Tuesday on the local political talk show Ralston Live. 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