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Ineffective Online Casinos Ban

The United States passed the 2006 Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act as a way to discourage U.S. players from gambling in any form via the internet. Interestingly enough though, the UIGEA has scarcely touched online casinos betting in the U.S. Players are still able to place bets on sporting and horseracing events from betting venues in Costa Rica. The Costa Rican government has no real plans to limit where countries can do business and the U.S. no way to fully enforce the online casinos gambling ban at this point. Internet bettors and online poker players have all found ways to circumvent the current U.S. ban – so though the ban has lessened the prevalence of internet gambling, it has certainly not eliminated the pastime.

The U.S. online casinos ban has actually pushed internet gambling into a prohibition era pastime, the activity happens under the table, in backrooms, and out of the government’s control. UIGEA opponents use the continued prevalence of under the table betting companies as an argument for neutralizing the UIGEA. The U.S. online casinos ban does not make betting illegal for the bettors, rather it is illegal for financial institutions to process payments from offshore betting and gambling companies. So U.S. players have found all sorts of creative ways to funnel their money into cash cards and other types of e-transactions that bypass the restrictions on U.S. banks and financial institutions.

Paul Moran, an award winning writer recently wrote, "While opposition to Internet gambling in all its various forms in the U.S. has come primarily from the conservative Christian right, the Costa Rican government, never an institution that has sought to legislate morality, has facilitated the industry's growth by providing fertile ground."

Online casinos and betting companies have all moved locations to the Costa Rica in the wake of the UIGEA, that way they have scarcely even had to interrupt business at all. As surely as there are sporting and horseracing events all over the U.S., players can find a way to place online bets through Costa Rican based companies.