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No One Wanted the Online Casinos Ban

The United States is going through some serious issues with the current online casinos gambling ban in the country. The country has been at the brunt of attacks from Antigua to the EU and has repeatedly lost its cases at the World Trade Organisation. Then look at the internal turmoil within the U.S. concerning the internet gambling legislation. It really makes one wonder just who supports the U.S. online casinos gambling ban (the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act) and why is this still an issue? There is so much controversy surrounding the online casinos situation that many in the industry speculate that it is only a matter of time before the UIGEA is reversed or neutralized with other legislation.

The fact of the matter is, only a handful of U.S. politicians were even aware of the online casinos issues in the U.S. prior to the 2006 UIGEA – and many of the politicians that voted to pass the UIGEA scarcely aware that the Act had been added to must-pass legislation. Senator Kyl has severe opposition to the online casinos gambling industry and with only a small group of other supporting politicians the UIGEA was attached as an 11th hour addition to the must-pass Safe Port Act.

The fact that few of the voting politicians were even aware of the addition or of the implications of a U.S. ban on offshore online casinos gambling transactions has caused major concern with UIGEA opponents.

A select group of right-wing Republicans had been pushing for an online casinos gambling ban for years, but lobbying groups and others interested in the development of the U.S. internet gambling industry were able to block all attempts to pass legislation similar to the UIGEA. The former head of the Interactive Gaming Council, Susan Schneider, commented on the fact that the offshore online casinos industry and other trade and interest groups worked to block UIGEA-type legislation. She remarks, "There was a pretty concerted lobbying effort to keep this from happening." And though they were able to keep the online gambling ban out of the legislation for years, the last minute addition to must-pass legislation in Congress was a move that few anticipated and no one was able to stop.