Just spoke to a Frist aide

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Congress will return for a “lame duck” session in mid-November where this issue may take center stage again. “The Senator has made Internet Gambling a priority before he exits the Senate and I will confirm that he is actively searching for a way to succeed.”

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I sincerely don't mean to be a killjoy, but this is really bad news. Like I mentioned in another thread, I fear Frist will have a vastly easier time getting this attached to some other piece of legislation than he did with the DoD bill. We got lucky on this one in that some of the more powerful members in the conference were staunchly opposed to unrelated riders, but it's going to be tougher sledding when a lame duck session considers something more pork-filled with all sort of other miscellaneous stuff attached.