The Restoration of America’s Wire Act (RAWA) is back, courtesy of Usa Senator and failed presidential candidate Lindsey Graham. Since quitting the campaign, backing other failed candidates, and refusing to back the Republican’s presumptive nominee, Donald Trump, Graham is able to return to the work of the folks. Well, no less than to the work of big-money political donor Sheldon Adelson.

Numerous attempts to prohibit online gambling by the use of a federal law have failed, but Adelson – errr, Graham – isn't giving up yet. He has added one of the RAWA language to the newest Senate Appropriations funding bill report. This won't sound as threatening as past efforts, but that can be the name of the game to its potential success.

Senator Graham is a staunch Republican, and the GOP platform clearly asserts support of states’ rights in all possible instances. Despite the fact that three states – New Jersey, Nevada, and Delaware – have already decided to legalize and regulate online poker and/or gambling, and various other states – Michigan, California, Pennsylvania, et al – are considering doing the same, RAWA is a device to take away those rights in regards to online gaming.

Essentially, RAWA seeks so as to add wording to the Interstate Wire Act of 1961. In its original wording the Wire Act criminalizes betting or wagering using wired communication. However, since online gambling is generally wireless in today’s world, RAWA would specify Wire Act language to easily ban most sorts of online gambling at the federal level, nixing state laws within the process.

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