As the gaming industry in the U.S. awaits the final report from the National Gambling Impact Study Commission (NGISC) with apprehensions with an all-around crack down on gambling, the two senators perhaps most concerned with the Commission, Harry Reid and Richard Bryan of Nevada, are openly questioning its potential effectiveness. Both have had some very interesting things to say.
Reid told the Las Vegas Review-Journal, "I think basically the NGISC doesn't mean anything. What's going to happen? Who's going to follow it? It doesn't mean a thing.
His colleague Sen. Bryan, a key player in the push for Internet gambling prohibition, agreed, saying, "I believe, by and large, nothing will come out of the Commission's ultimate findings. In some respects the Commission has totally misfired."
Bernie Horn, sidekick of the anti-gambling Rev. Tom Grey, disagrees, saying he thinks the commission report "is going to make a big difference."
As for the Kyl bill, which seems certain to pass, it is likely to be swallowed up in the tidal wave of technological advancement in the next decade, which could quickly render it untenable and unenforceable.