Opponent of Washington’s online gambling ban drops out of governor ... - PartTimePoke

Lee Rousso, a Washington attorney who has been waging a legal battle against the state’s law that prohibits online gambling, has dropped out of the governor’s race.

Rousso is also a state director for the Poker Players Alliance, and had been planning to run as a Democrat against incumbent Chris Gregoire. His main reason behind running was to overturn the law that makes online gambling a felony in Washington state.

He knew he was a long-shot, at best, but he hoped to attract enough Republican voters in the primary to put pressure on the incumbent and raise awareness of the online poker law. Voters in Washington State can vote for any candidate they choose, Republican or Democrat, in their primaries.

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