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Reasserting Rights for U.S. Gamblers

Online casinos gamblers all over the United States have felt the affects of the 2006 Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA), and many varying interest and lobbying groups are pursuing different avenues which will all hopefully lead to the repeal or dampening of the UIGEA. The Interactive Media Entertainment & Gaming Association (iMEGA) has an out standing case against the U.S. Justice Department, alleging that the online casinos gambling ban limits a player’s Constitutional freedoms. Although the case came to a head just months ago, and iMEGA essentially lost its case against the Justice Department, the ruling did note that iMEGA had the right to appeal the ruling and subsequently take the issue to the higher courts.

iMEGA has now appealed the ruling from the first courts on the online casinos gambling issue. The previous ruling was all about concedeing the small wins to the other side. Although the government’s case apparently the victor in the lawsuit, Judge Mary L. Cooper, conceded some very basic points to iMEGA. A statement from the iMEGA online casino gambling company noted, "First and foremost, the Court established, with crystal clarity, the standing (and associational standing) of iMEGA to challenge this (UIGEA) law in court. There were certainly other areas mentioned in the ruling, but iMEGA and its share holders are confident that the issue can be resolved quickly.

Additionally adding strength to iMEGA’s case against the U.S., the statement notes, "Many legal commentators—both supporters and naysayers—from the beginning viewed the question of iMEGA’s standing as an insurmountable barrier to moving forward. Well, we’ve crossed over that barrier, and now the government has to contend with iMEGA as fully and unquestionably empowered by the Court to assert our rights in the courts of the United States. The fact that the Federal courts have now recognized iMEGA as the champion of the Internet Gambling industry cannot be overstated.”