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Who Spent What and Where?

The breakdown of what the organizations and companies spent on lobbying in support of the online casinos gambling issues is actually interesting and a new player entered the arena this year to show support for licensing and regulation of the internet gambling industry. Even before the 2006 Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) several companies have maintained a strong presence on Capitol Hill lobbying for lenient legislation for the online casinos gambling industry. And while there was a large turnout of both support and opposition for the internet gambling issue, there the American Gaming Association instead supported the further study on the impact of online casinos gambling in the United States.

The American Gaming Association took neither side in the online casinos gambling issue and instead spent $1.7 million in lobbying money toward a study into the implications of licensing, regulating, and taxing the internet gambling industry.

But while the AGA lobbied hard for a thorough study of the industry, other organizations and companies contributed to the $2.06 million that was spent on lobbying for online casinos gambling regulation and licensing in 2007.

The land gambling industry is interested in seeing legalization of internet gambling, Harrah’s spent $280,000. Other land and tribal casinos contributed a much smaller amount – roughly $22,000. Magna Entertainment (involved in the land horseracing industry) spent $120,000 in lobbying support.

As for the online casinos themselves, Party Gaming spent $660,000 for the year while Sportingbet a mere $140,000 by year’s end. IGT and GTech each have a vested interest in developing software and technology for the internet gambling industry and they spent $280,000 and $220,000 respectively.

VisaUSA surprisingly supported online gambling regulation and licensing to the tune of $480,000.

The PPA’s year-end total rounded out at $900,000 while the Interactive Gaming Council spent slightly more coming in at $980,000 by the end of the year. Another organization, the Antigua Gaming Association spent $320,000 in support of online gambling initiatives.