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U.S. Media Spreading Untrue Rumors

Most importantly, online casino gamblers and online poker players need to understand that online gambling IS NOT illegal in the United States. Recently the media has spread the false notion that the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) has made it illegal for a United States’ citizen to gamble at online casinos. This is quite simply false. The UIGEA act only targets the online casinos themselves, and the financial institutions that accept and process payments from internet gambling sites.

And to further protect citizens, amendments to the UIGEA have specified that citizens are protected if they are playing the online casinos in their own homes for entertainment, and not enabling others to gamble in the way of running an online casino Web site.

Perhaps the media is basing their illegality claims on the 1969 Wire Act that prohibits online sports betting in the U.S. According to a judge at the time, the Wire Act does not prohibit online casino gambling (like slot machines, blackjack, roulette, and more) nor does it affect online poker gambling. Though the resulting verdict that online sports betting is illegal is still even a questionable interpretation of the act now, that stands as the online form of online gambling outlawed to citizens and punishable.

But now that Representative Barney Frank has introduced the Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act (IGREA), the media has taken this opportunity to once again blatantly tell online casino gamblers that internet gambling is illegal in the U.S. The IGREA would effectively reverse the UIGEA by allowing online casinos approved and licensed by the federal government.

Representative Frank is the most active public figure fighting to repeal the UIGEA, and not just because the U.S. is better served the IGREA, but also the UIGEA is an ambiguous law that has caused chaos and confusion in the online casino gambling industry both in North America (Canada included) and the global online casinos market. Because of the lack of specificity, citizens, online casino companies, and even lawmakers are confused as to just how to interpret and enforce the UIGEA.