The Republican primary for the party’s 2016 presidential nomination is expected to produce a very crowded, diverse field of candidates. Everyone from New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, to 2012 nominee Mitt Romney, to firebrand Ted Cruz and Libertarian Rand Paul have been mentioned as possible candidates, and that list of potential candidates may have just grown by one, and it’s a name very familiar to online poker players.

Who else might be throwing their hat in the ring? Former New York Governor and current Coalition to Stop Internet Gambling (CSIG) co-chair George Pataki.

This week Pataki was in New Hampshire (an early primary state) and told reporters he was “seriously considering” running for the nation’s highest office. Pataki said he was “encouraged” by the response he has received, and cited the fact that he “successfully ran one of the largest and most complicated governments in the country — and in a blue state,” to the Boston Globe following his New Hampshire appearance.

The Adelson effect