And here is yet another who is opposed to the US government legalizing online gambling. According to this <a href="http://www.gambling911.com/gambling-news/lottery-chief-opposes-federal-online-gambling-efforts-010113.html" >article</a>, Iowa lottery CEO Terry Rich recently traveled to Washington, D.C. to lobby on the issue with the North American Association of State and Provincial Lotteries. Rich detailed his efforts in a report to members of the Iowa Legislature's Government Oversight Committee, the Des Moines Register reported.Rich sent a letter to Reid (the Senate Majority Leader who has proposed lnternet gambling legislation), House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and other congressional leaders in November in which he expressed his concerns about federal Internet gambling legislation circumventing state laws. States would be prohibited from choosing which games to offer on the Internet, and the tax structure would override state tax rates, he complained. The Iowa Lottery has raised more than $1.4 billion for vital causes, including economic development, education and support for Iowa veterans and their families. Across the nation, in 2011 alone, lotteries provided $25 billion in net profits to local causes. In short, state lotteries are funding important missions, Rich said in the letter to federal lawmakers. He added, Congress should not enact legislation that supersedes state authority and that selects winners and losers.
