Missing the Online Casinos Point: 2
Online casinos gambling opponents are having a hard time coming up with credible
reasons as to why the United States should continue to operate and online
casinos gambling ban. The current ban, the Unlawful Internet Gambling
Enforcement Act (UIGEA) is riddled with flaws and is inherently unenforceable at
this point. Even the U.S. Treasury Department (currently drafting the online
casinos gambling regulations) has commented on how difficult the Department
finds drafting a set of supportive regulations.
Paul M. Weyrich is a representative for the Free Congress Research and Education
Foundation and he recently opined in a Washington publication about the need in
the U.S. for restrictions on online casinos gambling activities. Interestingly
though, he used little actual statistical facts to back up claims and failed to
point out what is becoming increasingly obvious, that the proposed regulations
will not work as they are written. Weyrich though cited online casinos gambling
addictions as a top concern for blocking the pastime.
And further, Weyrich’s article points to tax revenue as the primary motivation
behind the UIGEA online casinos gambling ban – something that has proven largely
unfounded. Frank’s bill does not even fully touch on the taxing of the U.S.
internet gambling issue – that was amended later by a politician concerned with
correctly funneling and taxing the billions in online gambling revenue. Frank
and other politicians supporting IGREA claim that the new legislation will
better protect American’s first amendment rights to privacy while actually
regulating the internet casinos gambling industry rather than forcing the
activity onto the black market. |