About a week ago, I wrote to the presidential campaigns of Mike Huckabee, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, John Edwards, John McCain, Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani, Dennis Kucinich, Fred Thompson and Ron Paul to find out about their views on poker (see here).  Specifically, I wanted to know whether they play poker and how they feel about the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) preventing banks and other financial institutions from allowing people to use funds to pay for online gambling.  So far I’ve received emails from the campaign teams of Clinton, Obama, Edwards and Huckabee, but haven’t learned anything about their views on my questions.  What then did I learn?

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Want to always be at the table?  Even when you’re doing those other less interesting things… eating…  sleeping…  working…  ?

Did you know you can buy stocks and mutual funds that let you bet on betting?

Some of the largest casinos are actually companies that you can buy stock in.  Check out these names…

• Las Vegas Sands
• MGM Mirage
• Wynn Resorts

Or, you can invest in the company that makes 70% of the slot machines used in the US, International Game Technology.

Want someone else to pick the winning “sin stocks” for you?  Take a look at…

• Vice Fund, which invests in alcohol, gaming, tobacco and defense.
• Ladenburg Thalmann Gaming and Casino Fund
• Fidelity Select Leisure
• Rydex Leisure

We hope you hit the jackpot!

I just contacted the online campaigns of John Edwards, John McCain, Dennis Kucinich, Rudy Giuliani, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Ron Paul, Fred Thompson, Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney to find out two things: (1) Whether they play poker (I already know that Barack plays - see here); (2) What their views are on the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) preventing banks and other financial institutions from allowing people to use funds to pay for online gambling.  I’ll be surprised if anyone gets back to me.  My prediction is that Dennis Kucinich and Ron Paul will be most opposed to the Act.  Stay tuned.