WASHINGTON A bill to restore a ban on online gaming was introduced Wednesday in Congress, adding another layer to the big-money battle over whether gambling should be allowed on the Internet.
The bill by Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah., seeks to reinstate federal law to prohibit all forms of Internet gambling. It comes in the wake of a December 2011 Department of Justice ruling that the relevant law, the Interstate Wire Act of 1961, covers only sports betting.