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Constitutionality Now in Question

The UIGEA is one of the most controversial pieces of legislation in the international online casino gambling industry at this point – the international community has raised concerns about the legality of the UIGEA in terms of trade agreements and organizations within the US have also raised concerns about the Constitutionality of the legislation. The UIGEA blocks foreign online casinos from accessing US players by threat of legal action from the Department of Justice and the US Attorney General. Internationally, the EU delegates are coming up against a wall in negotiations with the US politicians and members of Congress. Domestically, the Interactive Media Entertainment &Gaming Association (iMEGA) has officially announced the company’s appeal to the verdict handed down a few months past.

iMEGA is a US based association that represents the interests of many domestic and international companies with an interest in the online casino gambling industry. iMEGA has firmly opposed the UIGEA and of the implications that the UIGEA has had on the international online casino gambling industry and has taken that opposition to the US courts for a ruling on the Constitutionality of the UIGEA.

The previous court case did not give victory to the UIGEA but did give iMEGA the legal standing to address the issue in the US Court of Appeals. With the legal standing firmly in place iMEGA announced the lawsuit, iMEGA vs. Keisler, continues in the US Court of Appeal 3rd Circuit. Chief on the list of reasons why iMEGA believes the courts should overturn the online casino gambling ban is the fact that the Act is entirely vague and unenforceable and in the vagueness of the wording is causing an unwarranted cooling effect on the US internet gaming and gambling industries.