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A push by the billionaire casino magnate Sheldon G. Adelson to outlaw online has ignited a bitter civil war in the industry, dividing one of Washington’s most powerful interest groups and posing a major test of the Republican donor’s political clout.
Mr. Adelson’s effort officially kicked off on Wednesday, when lawmakers, including a senator, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, who has accepted tens of thousands of dollars in donations from the businessman and his family,introduced legislation originally drafted with Mr. Adelson’s lobbyist.
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The bill would close a three-year-old loophole in federal law by banning online — a growing industry that Mr. Adelson argues is bad for casinos and gamblers — and shutting down online in a handful states that recently legalized it.
A push by the billionaire casino magnate Sheldon G. Adelson to outlaw online has ignited a bitter civil war in the industry, dividing one of Washington’s most powerful interest groups and posing a major test of the Republican donor’s political clout.
Mr. Adelson’s effort officially kicked off on Wednesday, when lawmakers, including a senator, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, who has accepted tens of thousands of dollars in donations from the businessman and his family,introduced legislation originally drafted with Mr. Adelson’s lobbyist.
The bill would close a three-year-old loophole in federal law by banning online — a growing industry that Mr. Adelson argues is bad for casinos and gamblers — and shutting down online in a handful states that recently legalized it.