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Gambling Companies Pressure Nevada

The online casinos gambling industry is looking at Nevada State as a new potential venue for internet gambling acitivities. Nevada is well known for a hugely profitable land gambling industry, and those in private internet gambling sectors are looking to capitalize of federal legislative carve-outs for forms of internet gambling. Though the U.S. currently has a ban on online casinos and many games of chance, there are exceptions for games like Fantasy Sports leagues and online horserace betting.

Then in addition to those legislative carve-outs, many online casinos companies are pointing to the possibility of exemptions to the UIGEA (Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act) that would allow individual states to pass internet gambling laws. And largely base don that argument many online casino companies are pressuring for new regulations that would allow internet gambling within Nevada. The Chairman of the Gaming Control Board for Nevada, Dennis Neilander commented on the internet interest from internet technology companies. He remarked, "A number of these groups have said: 'Why don't you look at regulating it just for Nevada?'”

For that reason the Nevada Gaming Control Board issued a study from the UNLV to look at the prevalence of online casino gambling activity in Nevada. And surprising to some, the study found that less than 4 percent of the population was engaged in any form of internet gambling. Based on those results the Gaming Control Board is not quick to pass new regulations for internet gambling and are instead planning on monitoring the industry for an increase in interest in that sector of the gambling industry.