Newfoundland has announced their opposition to the legalization of online gambling within the province. Danny Williams, the Newfoundland Premier, commented that the province is not desperate to bring in new revenue by legalizing online gambling when the province already makes money from alcohol and tobacco.

While many believe that online gambling could bring as much as $50 million in extra revenue for the province, Newfoundland seems to be more concerned with gambling and less concerned with extra revenue. The Premier voiced his opinion after the Atlantic Lottery made comments regarding the potential of online gambling within the province. Government officials believe that their isn’t much support for online gambling among the cabinet members and it would likely fail if proposed.

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The National Football League, one of the most powerful sports organizations within the United States, has changed their position and they are now supporting online casino gambling in the US. They once opposed the HR-2267 gambling legislation proposed by Barney Frank but once the bill was amended to clearly state that sports betting will not be included as a legal form of online gambling, then the NFL changed their stance. The NFL lobbied against online gambling for years, and it has been rumored that they lobbied Republican Senators in 2006 to pass the UIGEA.

The NFL’s Vice President of Communication, Brian McCarthy, issued a statement: “We don’t oppose HR-2267 since it now includes language we had hoped for and we are pleased with the outcome.” While this is good news for the online gambling industry, gamblers won’t easily forget how the NFL attempted to ban all forms of online gambling within the United States while asking for a carve out that would exempt all betting on fantasy sports including fantasy football.

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