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Analyzing Where they Stand: 2

The only hope for quick change to online gambling policy will occur as soon as 2009 or 2010 if Obama comes into office, and the Democrats in Congress are able to effectively neutralize the UIGEA. 2010 is the safer bet though according to most analysts. A law professor and an authority on the online casino gambling issue, I. Nelson Rose, speculated on a time-line until internet gambling could possibly be fully licensed and regulated, "For political cover, there could be an objective, scientific study done first, that proves that Internet gambling can be kept safe from hackers, protecting the "vulnerables" (children and compulsive gamblers), and that states that don’t want to allow can be blocked.”

The AGA, and several prominent politicians are backing that Congress issue a study to analyze the implementation of a regulated online casinos industry in the U.S. Many politicians are really pushing for a faster resolution to the UIGEA, but there is a strong possibility that the year-long research study is an inevitability before Congress will repeal the controversial UIGEA. That year of studying the industry is why most predictions on the opening of the online casinos industry could take as long as the end of 2010.

As for the presidential candidates though, McCain’s policies would simply fall in line with the Republican stance of the current Bush administration, and his appointment as president would surely mean that the U.S is in for a very long fight to repeal the UIGEA and legalize online casino and poker gambling.

Observations from ESPN note that "McCain would ban Internet gambling – not because it’s addictive, but because players typically have no way of knowing whether they are in fair games." While that statement may be true about McCain’s opinion, the international online casino gambling industry has proven that safe gambling and internet gambling are not mutually exclusive. Player advocacy groups and the regulatory authorities frequently assess the gambling sites to check the site’s odds and fairness, which just goes to show that the Republicans don’t need fancy truth as very important when making policy decisions.