Gambling News by House of Odds

House Majority Whip Bill DeWeese vowed Tuesday not to "take a nickel" in campaign donations from gambling interests, despite a state Supreme Court decision lifting a five-year ban on industry contributions.

Congress is moving closer to passing legislation that will relieve U.S. financial services companies from implementing bans on Internet gambling as the Payments System Protection Act (H.R. 6870) was approved by the House Committee on Financial Services and appears headed for a possible vote by the full House next week.