Fahrenkopf, Reid at Odds over Internet Poker Failures
For Frank Fahrenkopf and Harry Reid, it was like their rankings in the Bluff Power 20 meant nothing.
The dust-up surprised many because the longtime Nevadans had always been complimentary to each other.
Fahrenkopf, chief executive of the Washington, D.C.-based American Gaming Association, is retiring at the end of the month.
In an interview with online publication Gambling Compliance that was published Thursday, he said the failure of Reid and now-retired Arizona Sen. John Kyl to introduce an online poker bill last year “was my biggest disappointment” in his 18 years with the American Gaming Association.
Asked if he blames Reid and Kyl for not introducing legislation, Fahrenkopf said, “If I had to blame anybody — I mean I’m sure they did their best — but that’s where the failure is. Blame is not probably the right way to put it, but there was a failure because nothing was introduced.”
