Lost revenue from Internet betting will be a focal point of discussion when the National Council of Legislators from Gaming States hold their winter meeting in January.

Illegal Internet gambling hot topic for US legislators

Lost revenue from Internet betting will be a focal point of discussion when the National Council of Legislators from Gaming States hold their winter meeting in January. The NCLGS was founded in 1995 and comprises state legislators responsible for gaming policy across the US and works for the “appropriate regulation of gaming, the education of public policy makers on gaming issues, the continued primacy of the states in deciding public policy on gaming.”

When announcing the meeting to be held at Harrah’s in Las Vegas, Florida State Senator and NCLGS president Steven A. Geller said: 'Lost revenues from Internet gambling could be a budget-buster issue in many states. As state legislators continue to face severe revenue shortfalls going into 2004, the dollars illegally siphoned by offshore gaming platforms demand that public policy makers seriously address Internet wagering issues in their own states, and that they begin to interface and work in concert with Congress on the issue.

'The NCLGS Las Vegas meeting will afford legislators responsible for gaming policy a forum to discuss and take concerted action on Internet wagering and other gaming issues', Online Casino and Gambling Reviews reported