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Utah Government Writes Letters

Letter writing as a way to make a political point is all over the news these days, but it’s not always just the American citizens writing letters to their government. In Utah, the government is beginning to really come down hard on all Utah residents that participate in online casino gambling of any kind. Though online casinos gambling and internet poker are illegal in all of the United States because of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA), that act does not call for prosecution against the Americans participating in internet gambling, but rather legal action against the banks and financial institutions that process the transactions. In Utah though, any form of gambling is grounds for serious repercussions for the companies and residents.

Utah is the only state that has banned all forms of gambling even state lotteries and most definitely land-based and online casinos. The only problem is that internet gambling is terribly pervasive and even with the UIGEA curbing much of the online casino playing in the country Americans can still find ways around the internet gambling ban – but maybe in Utah players should heed the warnings lest they experience prosecution because of it.

Just months ago the Utah government took its first stand against online casino companies operating internet gambling businesses in Utah and aimed at Utah residents. When the Utah government began its action against online casinos in the state four companies allegedly involved in the industry and seven citizens were rounded up. A Grand Jury in Salt Lake City charged all with felony offenses and await further action.

So in the state’s latest move to protect its citizens from the “dangers” of online casino gambling enforcement officials managed to obtains the personal information (name, address, etc.) on previous internet gamblers who used one of the four companies charged with felony offenses. Then, in a bizarre twist on using letter writing to affect change, the Utah government wrote letters to the internet gamblers giving them warnings and reminders that internet gambling violates Utah state laws.