US News -- Congress Daily reported Thursday that Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., will hold off on introducing his Internet gambling bill so that he can work with Rep. Jim Leach, R-Iowa, to advance Leach's Internet gambling bill. Leach's bill aims to quell Internet gambling by making it illegal for credit cards and other bank instruments to be used as payment for online betting and gaming. In other legislative news, a source close to the Congressional process said that while no official announcement has been made, the House Financial Services Committee is planning to mark up the Leach bill on March 12. ... A preliminary report from the National Thoroughbred Racing Association found that the Breeders' Cup Pick Six betting incident was an isolated occurrence. In October, an employee of Autotote and two of the employee's friends were found to have used a computer to change bets that they had already placed on the race.
Names and Faces -- PricewaterhouseCoopers recently named Socrates Kokkalis, the chairman of Intralot, one of the three most successful entrepreneurs in Greece. This is the second year that Kokkalis has make the list. The company also announced recently that John Pittman has joined Intralot USA as the director of marketing and John Kirkland has joined the same group as project manager.