Online gambling group hires policitians to lobby in USA

Veteran Nevada and Washington DC politician Jon Porter, a long-time supporter of legalised online gambling in the United States, will lobby the interests of the Gibraltar-based online gambling group 888 Holdings, the Washington publication The Hill reported Monday.

Porter is also working on gambling issues for Affinity Gaming and LottoInteractive.

Porter’s lobbying company Porter Gordon Silver Communications, LLC is identified in a disclosure form accessible here:

http://soprweb.senate.gov/index.cfm?event=getFilingDetails&filingID=e350fe24-8bdb-41c9-8386-1503a8825f78&filingTypeID=1