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Holding for Congress on Online Casinos

The iMEGA case has likely entered a standstill period that may very well not show movement for some time now. The online casino gambling related case reached all the way up to the US Third Court of Appeals this past week and iMEGA, the Interactive Media Entertainment and Gaming Association, and the US attorneys faced the judges and answered the questions about the case. iMEGA has publicly noted on its site that the case did not proceed as expected because of the judges surprising line of questioning. With the surprising turn of questioning, iMEGA is no longer fully optimistic about the ruling. One of the key setbacks in the online casino gambling issue may be a delayed judgment from the court.

Congressman Barney Frank has spearheaded efforts in the US to repeal the UIGEA in Congress and instead pass new legislation that regulates and licenses offshore online casinos for access to the US market. Frank’s legislation has been in the works for several years now and iMEGA has taken the other route, through the courts to also progress the online casino gambling situation. The iMEGA decision though now could wait on a decision from Congress in the fall Congressional session before the iMEGA case judges are willing to announce a judgment.

The judges on the case have the right to take anywhere between a couple of weeks to make a decision – or they can wait several months. Congress does not reconvene until September and iMEGA has speculated that the judges may wait until after Frank’s legislation has had it’s moment on the floor of Congressional discussion. If Frank’s legislation passes than the offshore ban on online casinos, the UIGEA, would be repealed and iMEGA’s would be automatically resolved.