Lobbying Relationship

Client

ODS TECHNOLOGIES L.P. D/B/A TVG NETWORK

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Lobbying firm

THE SMITH-FREE GROUP

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  • Discussions involving regulation of online gaming

Duration: to

General Issues: Gaming/Gambling/Casino, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Spending: about $480,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2011: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives

Affiliated organizations: Betfair Group plc

Related Foreign Entities: Betfair Group plc (Chancellors Road, GBR); contribution to lobbying: $35000; ownership 100%

Bills mentioned

H.R.1174: Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act

Sponsor: John Campbell (R-Calif.)

H.R.2366: Internet Gambling Prohibition, Poker Consumer Protection, and...

Sponsor: Joe L. Barton (R-Texas)

H.R.8: American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012

Sponsor: Dave Camp (R-Mich.)

H.R.5855: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2013

Sponsor: Robert B. Aderholt (R-Ala.)

S.3216: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2013

Sponsor: Mary L. Landrieu (D-La.)

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Lobbyists

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Lobbyist Covered positions?
Andrew Barbour Dep. Asst. USTR for Cong. Affairs, USTR Leg. Asst., U.S. Rep. Bart Stupak Leg. Asst., U.S. Rep. Bill Ford
Jack S. Deuser Ch. of Staff, U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning Leg. Dir., U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning
James C. Free n/a
W. Timothy Locke n/a

Disclosures Filed

Once a lobbying engagement begins, the lobbyist or firm is required to file updates four times a year. Those updates sometimes change which lobbyists are involved or add new issues being discussed. When lobbyists stop working for a client, the firm is also supposed to file a report disclosing the end of the relationship.

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Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and Secretary of the Senate

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