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Warren, who visited Reno for a campaign rally on Saturday, told The Nevada Independent that while she doesn’t believe there should be more federal regulation of gaming generally, online gaming “presents a whole new set of challenges” beyond traditional casino-based gaming. The Massachusetts senator said that similar to online payday lending, a practice she has been vocal about reining in, online gaming poses challenges difficult for states to address on their own.
“Online can completely undercut every protection that the state puts in place,” Warren said, “and that’s my concern.”
Warren wouldn’t say whether she would support a ban on online gaming, which the Department of Justice moved toward earlier this year when it issued an opinion expanding the scope of a law barring interstate gaming. Some industry experts have said the opinion ignores a long history of effective state regulation.
But Warren said she wants to hear more from stakeholders on the issue first.
“Site-based gambling as a part of the vacation, as part of the destination, is a very different thing from online,” Warren said, “and getting the appropriate restrictions in place so that children don’t have access, so that people who have problems with gambling don’t have access, are challenges that haven’t yet been addressed.”
Warren’s comments on online gaming came in a brief interview with the Independent shortly before her first Northern Nevada rally since formally launching her campaign for president. Roughly 500 supporters packed into the gymnasium at Wooster High School in Reno early Saturday morning to hear the senator make her presidential pitch.
I will not vote for her!
Warren, who visited Reno for a campaign rally on Saturday, told The Nevada Independent that while she doesn’t believe there should be more federal regulation of gaming generally, online gaming “presents a whole new set of challenges” beyond traditional casino-based gaming. The Massachusetts senator said that similar to online payday lending, a practice she has been vocal about reining in, online gaming poses challenges difficult for states to address on their own.
“Online can completely undercut every protection that the state puts in place,” Warren said, “and that’s my concern.”
Warren wouldn’t say whether she would support a ban on online gaming, which the Department of Justice moved toward earlier this year when it issued an opinion expanding the scope of a law barring interstate gaming. Some industry experts have said the opinion ignores a long history of effective state regulation.
But Warren said she wants to hear more from stakeholders on the issue first.
“Site-based gambling as a part of the vacation, as part of the destination, is a very different thing from online,” Warren said, “and getting the appropriate restrictions in place so that children don’t have access, so that people who have problems with gambling don’t have access, are challenges that haven’t yet been addressed.”
Warren’s comments on online gaming came in a brief interview with the Independent shortly before her first Northern Nevada rally since formally launching her campaign for president. Roughly 500 supporters packed into the gymnasium at Wooster High School in Reno early Saturday morning to hear the senator make her presidential pitch.