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Online Casinos and the Internet Enter Politics

It definitely isn’t news in the United States that the government has become concerned with the internet and begun to impose regulations and restrictions on Americans. In fact, the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) made international headlines. But it looks as though that anti-online casinos legislation was only the beginning. And if motions and bills continue in the government, online casino gambling and the internet could very well become a hot topic in the 2008 Presidential Election.

Presidential candidate Barack Obama appears to have already shown his position on the internet with a recent push to begin policing the internet. To coincide with National Awareness Month (June), the Senate Resolution 205 outlines an imperative that American children, parents, and citizens need to be informed of the dangers of the internet, specifically the threat posed to those under 18 – this ranges from online casino gambling to pornography to simply the global internet neighborhood.

But this just doesn’t sit well with the Internet Media Entertainment and Gaming Association (IMEGA) which is most notably fighting the current U.S. legislation blocking foreign based online casinos from accessing U.S. players. IMEGA is now also taking a stand against the fact that the media has failed to report and make the public aware that Obama supports Internet policing.

Though the Senate does not state any specific course of action, they note that everyone from educators, to parents, to watchdog organizations should begin to raise awareness about the internet’s potential dangers.