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UIGEA Retroactive?

The online casino gambling industry in the United States has caused world-wide speculation and concern since the enforcement of last October’s Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA). The U.S. government has already begun prosecution on companies that violated the UIGEA, and now some foreign-based online casinos are communicating with the U.S. government to seek amnesty regarding internet gambling activities prior to the law’s enactment.

The U.S. Department of Justice has currently given no real word on certain specifications of the UIGEA such as retroactive enforcement and even the subject at hand in the BetonSports.com fiasco. Gary Kaplan, and former BetonSports CEO David Carruthers are both awaiting trial in the United States regarding charges ranging from racketeering to fraud. But lawyers for Kaplan are claiming that the anti-online casino gambling legislation does not affect companies that accepted bets from U.S. based players. The court will have the ultimate decision concerning this specific interpretation of the UIEGA that in a nutshell prohibits financial transactions between online casinos and U.S. financial institutions.

Kaplan and Carruthers are just two over the more than ten individuals awaiting trial in this precedent setting case for the U.S. online casino gambling industry. Carruthers has been on house arrest for nearly a year now awaiting his trial, and just recently a judge in the case chose not to set a bail for Kaplan, instead he must wait in jail until the hearing. According to Judge Medler, “The defendant and his family have no real ties to anywhere or to any community.”

So for now it looks like the defendants, and the global community are waiting on the U.S. to clarify the regulations and restrictions outlined in the UIGEA.