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A Chill in the Air for Internet Gambling

As a new year begins, many online casinos, internet gamblers, and others are glad to see the end of 2007. Last year was certainly one of the most unstable years for the industry with the U.S. Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) eliminating a large portion of the previous healthy U.S. online casinos gambling industry. Once the UIGEA passed, only a small percentage of the internet gamblers continued to gamble, and most of the major online casinos company left the U.S. market altogether. Then the U.S. spent the majority of 2007 embroiled in cases against internet gambling companies and arresting individuals involved in U.S. online gambling.

Those activities combined have led to what a UCLV study refers to as the chilling effect on online casinos gambling. Players are unsure about the legality of the activity, and added to that, the process of depositing and withdrawing funds from online casinos sites became increasingly difficult for U.S. players.

Then U.S. online casinos gamblers and poker players who were concerned about the constitutionality of the UIGEA took the fight to Washington to address the act with Congress. And though the UIGEA is still in place, online gamblers have won over some support from U.S. politicians who are interested in neutralizing the UIGEA and instead licensing and regulating the activity.

A lead researcher, Bernhard, commented to the Nevada Control Board that "It became clear that events contemporaneous with our work may have chilling effects on the patterns of online play. This research was conducted during an interesting point in time."

Online casinos players in the U.S. are in a transition time, and the U.S. government is divided on the issue. All of the recent political activity in the country has led to the chilling effect among players who are unclear of the precise legal status of internet gambling within the U.S.