Some in U.S. Come to Senses
Members of Congress have another piece of information to now consider as global
pressure mounts for the United States to pass online casinos gambling
regulations. Initiatives to license and regulate the internet gambling industry
rather than the current ban are supported by Congressmen and women in both of
the major political parties. The U.S. has claimed protecting underage and
problem gamblers as a main reason for implementing the 2006 online casinos
gambling ban, but that is actually not the whole truth considering new
technology makes the industry more secure and safe than ever before.
Proponents of licensing and regulating the industry cite the effective
regulations and technology in place in Sweden as a case where the right
technology could solve the international debate that has waged since the U.S.
banned offshore online casinos. Beyond that, the few politicians that support
the internet gambling ban have now created a sort of prohibition where U.S.
adults are still able to gamble, but they are now doing so in a much more
dangerous and underground, unregulated industry that the government has no way
to monitor – this seems a bit contrary to why the politicians passed the online
gambling ban.
Well, now those in support of re-implementing online casinos in the country have
one more argument to back up claims that the U.S. needs to neutralize the U.S.
gambling ban immediately – a study that indicates that the U.S. government could
receive sizable tax revenues from regulating the industry. An independent study
by PricewaterhouseCoopers found that a regulated online casinos gambling
industry could generate between $8.7 and $42.8 in revenue that could go toward
relieving some of the U.S.’s enormous debt.
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