Shockingly, a University of Pennsylvania study says the number of young people addicted to gambling - largely due to increased exposure to the Internet and Internet gambling - grew by an alarming 20 percent between 2004 and 2005 alone.

Since 1992 Bachus has been re-elected nine times without anything resembling serious opposition. Ed Royce (R-CA) and immediately following the 2010 general election Bachus told the South Shelby (Ala. 5 million outspending Beason 45-1.

Representative for Alabama's 6th congressional district serving since 1993. He is a member of the Republican Party and the senior member of the Alabama U.