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Internet Gambling Still Out of U.S. Market

When Congress approved the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA), the Department of Justice (DoJ) took that legislation and has now run with it. Even though it’s still unclear just how far the DoJ’s power extends, online casino companies are increasingly wary of the United States. The court has yet to answer international questions about U.S. extradition powers and interpretations of the Wire Act – but in the mean time the DoJ is rounding up any and all of the online casinos that it can reach with U.S. power and leaving the sorting out for the courts.

Many online casinos are now out of the U.S. market as the UIGEA approaches its year anniversary. When the UIGEA first passed many internet gambling companies remained in the U.S. market for another few months until they were sure that the UIGEA was not going to be reversed anytime soon. The Neteller case also prompted many other companies affiliated with the Internet gambling industry to abort ship and stop offering services to U.S. online casino players.

The BetonSports case had a specific affect on the online casino gambling executives, but the Neteller case set a precedent that companies that are affiliated with the U.S. internet gambling market can and will be forced to pay heavy fines and company CEOs may even face jail time.

Some might be wondering why the online casinos are still even willing to take the risks just to offer U.S. players the right to gamble on the Internet. Well the answer certainly isn’t noble on the part of the internet gambling companies – like most businesses the internet gambling companies are motivated by money and profit rather than the fact that the UIGEA is unfair to the American public. Now that the online casino market in the U.S. is largely untapped, those few sites still willing to take the risk are seeing substantial player interest.