Twilight Zone: Adeslon Favors Online Poker and Wants to Throw Hat in Ring

Las Vegas casino magnate and GOP mega donor Sheldon Adelson praised lawmakers who have taken on a pro-Internet gambling position and proclaimed: "(We are) pleased that the Nevada Legislature has taken the lead in regulating internet casinos" and added, "Our hat will be in that ring.”

The Las Vegas Sun also reported:

Adelson said the ultimate acceptance of internet casinos may rest with the realization that billions of dollars are leaving the United States as gamblers play online casinos located offshore." He also stressed, "If more people accepted gaming, we'd also do well here.

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You can stop pinching yourselves. 

This is not a joke.  It’s all true!

Adelson’s pro-Internet gambling stance, however, is circa 2001, as PocketFives.com so brilliantly reveals in a published piece this week.

Fast forward to 2014 and Adelson has claimed online gambling is responsible for the moral decay of society.  He’s paid lobbyists to push for a federal ban. Republican cronies even introduced legislation that would prohibit the activity at his behest.

We can’t help but question the sudden change of heart.

A member of the TwoPlusTwo.com posting forum offered up this possible theory:

"He was only 68 back then. You can't blame a guy for his youthful indiscretions. He was immature and looking to spread vice through the land. Now, he's a grown man and wants to prevent you from clicking mouses and losing houses."

- Ace King, Gambling911.com