Las Vegas Sands CEO Sheldon Adelson has recruited former congressman Connie Mack to his campaign to outlaw online gaming in the US.

Connie Mack

Mack has been hired as a lobbyist to push for legislation that specifically adds i-gaming to the forms of gambling declared illegal by the 1961 Wire Act.

Mack is a former Republican congressman from Florida and is the grandson of Connie Mack, the legendary owner and manager of baseball team Philadelphia Athletics.

Source: Fantini’s Gaming Report