The issue of online gambling prohibition has finally made its way to the White House. According to a Congressional Quarterly article, the Clinton administration is preparing to throw its support in the corner of Indian gaming.
The Goodlatte Internet gambling prohibition bill (H.R. 3125) was voted out of the House Judiciary Crime Subcommittee November 3. CQ reported Saturday that a White House aide told committee Democrat Martin T. Meehan of Massachusetts Thursday that the administration wants to draft a bill of its own. Meehan said that the White House was concerned that House bell would exempt closed-circuit gambling on the likes of horse and dog racing, but not Indian-run online bingo parlors.