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Strong Online Casinos Opponent

The internet gambling debate in the United States is one of the most heated climates in the history of the industry. The U.S.’s Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act is supported by a few powerful politicians (mostly Republicans really) and backed by groups that benefit from having no internet gambling revenue going to the online casinos – sports organizations, fantasy sports leagues, and state run horserace betting companies. In 2007 these anti-online casinos gambling groups lobbied hard to fight groups seeking the neutralization of the current internet gambling ban.

The National Basketball Association (NBA) is specifically against the legalization of online casinos gambling and internet sports betting. The NBA is just one of the groups paying lobbying firms to fight against groups like the Players Poker Alliance (PPA) and others that are looking to license and regulate the internet gambling industry.

Right now the U.S.’s online casinos ban is relatively effective – internet gamblers have a very difficult time collecting winnings from the gambling sites. The UIGEA does not target the individual gamblers, but rather the financial institutions. Banking and financial institutions in the United States are not allowed to process any payments from internet gambling companies. There are ways around the ban such as untraceable cash cards and the such, but most of the gambling industry save a few companies have vacated the U.S market.

The NBA supports the UIGEA and according to company figures the Association paid US $330,000 in 2007 to the McGuirewoods Consulting firm to lobby against online casinos gambling and sports gambling – basically lobbying to keep the current bans firmly in place.