The Republican Platform Committee retained a prohibition of Internet gambling in its draft platform, which will be approved at next week's GOP convention.
The language, which had been a part of the last two platforms, includes the following: “Millions of Americans suffer from problem or pathological gambling that can destroy families. We support the law prohibiting gambling over the Internet or in student athletics by student athletes who are participating in competitive sports.”
Chad Hills, analyst for gambling research and policy at Focus on the Family Action, said: "Today, those afflicted by gambling addiction and families with children can be grateful for the great delegates who kept Internet gambling prohibition as part of the GOP platform."
