“Las Vegas Sands Corp (Venetian/Palazzo) & CEO Sheldon Adelson are really attacking now! They just launched stopinternetgambling.com.” As this author was about to call it a day and turn on some DVR episodes of “Storage Wars,” he went on Facebook and noticed that post by Poker Players Alliance Vice President of Player Relations Rich TheEngineer Muny.

The website is pretty straightforward in its purpose and features text at the bottom that reads, “Paid for By Las Vegas Sands Corp.” The company’s CEO, Sheldon Adelson, penned an op/ed that appeared on Forbes’ website in recent days calling internet gambling “a toxin which all good people ought to resist,” “fool’s gold,” and a “societal train wreck waiting to happen.” Enter what Muny claims is a newly launched website.

The text of the site’s home page is a shorter version of Adelson’s op/ed and includes text in all capital letters that reads, “WE URGE STATE LAWMAKERS TO OPPOSE INTERNET GAMBLING AND WE URGE CONGRESS TO MAKE IT ILLEGAL NATIONWIDE.” There’s an ad on the right-hand side of the page that says, “Internet gambling just takes gambling too far” and features a silhouette of a depressed-looking man.

Also on the website are links to “public opinion” about internet gambling and summaries of proposed legislation in California, Pennsylvania, and Capitol Hill. There’s also an image of an old woman holding her head in one hand and her credit card in the other that, when clicked, takes you to a teaser of Adelson’s op/ed.

This could be the last straw for poker players, who have already been buzzing at word of an informal boycott of the Venetian and Palazzo in Las Vegas, two of the Sands’ premier properties. The Venetian is in the midst of its Deep Stack Extravaganza, whose player counts could erode if the poker community banded together. This time, the Sands Corporation is unquestionably behind the website, whereas much of the hoopla up until now has been centered on Adelson (pictured).

PPA Executive Director John Pappas wrote on Two Plus Two, “I think poker players who want the freedom to play online poker, and support the legislative efforts underway in states and at the federal level should really consider who within the gaming community is on their side.”

The Las Vegas Sands Corporation is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “LVS“. In addition to the Venetian and Palazzo in Las Vegas, the company owns Sands Bethlehem in Pennsylvania as well as the Venetian Macau, Sands Macau, Four Seasons Hotel Macau, Plaza Macau, and Sands Cotai Central.

Bluff’s Lance Bradley Tweeted on Friday that the site is indeed paid for by the Las Vegas Sands Corp. PocketFives confirmed the same on Friday.

This author could not locate any contact information on stopinternetgambling.com to seek comment.

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