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PPA Assert Change is on the Horizon

A powerful lobbying group, the Poker Players Alliance has noted that although the United State’s online casinos gambling ban is still firmly in place, that the political climate surrounding the UIGEA in the international industry indicates that a change is in the near future. The U.S. ran into some major issue with the World Trade Organisation over the gambling ban as well as U.S. intentions to alter previous trade commitments in the GATS Treaty. Nations like Antigua, Costa Rica, Japan, Canada, all of the EU, and others are all seeking what will mean billions in trade compensations – money that the U.S. just doesn’t have to trade. Then add to that the power of the lobbying groups and the growing cross-party political support, and most anticipate that is make take a new administration before the changes are implemented to the online casinos ban, but they are inevitable.

Although there are several proposals on the table, the PPA is specifically interested in supporting Congressman Barney Frank’s proposal, the Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act (IGREA). Frank is looking to legalize online casinos through licensing and regulation. The idea of licensing and regulation means that the government’s Gambling Commission would then have control over the industry and have the ability to keep players safe – a main concern raised by the UIGEA’s proponents.

John Pappas, the Executive Director at the PPA notes, "Some of the events in the online world last year clearly demonstrated that a regulated industry is the best avenue. He asserts, “It's not a question of if it will happen; it is only a question of when it will occur. It's a political impossibility to ignore the realities, that we need a regulated industry to protect the players and the game itself."

That seems to be the consensus in much of the international online casinos gambling industry though that inevitability will not stop many nations from seeking U.S. compensation while the ban is still in place.