It's Been Mainstreamed
The online casino gambling issue in the United States has become a mainstream
media issue over the past couple of years – and increasingly so in the past few
months. The debate and controversy about the US’s flawed UIGEA that bans
offshore online casinos has caused some very real debate to arise out of a
variety of sectors and media outlets. The online casinos are still illegal in
the US and there are a lot of key legislation and opportunities right now for
some real change to occur. Barney Frank’s bill is finally generating some very
real debate throughout both parties and speculation in the industry media
indicates that new legislation is closer to finding approval in Congress than
ever before.
The online casino and poker gamblers in the US have really driven this issue to
the forefront of public discussion over the past several years and the media has
been forced to put this issue on the public agenda because of the outpouring of
interest and debate. Basically, President Obama invited US citizens to use the
internet and his parties Web site to submit key concerns – and the online casino
gambling issue was a top internet priority. Obama has promised to address
internet censorship as a part of his new administration and the US citizens are
not going to let him easily slip out of fulfilling these campaign promises.
In addition to a grassroots effort in the United States to force the politicians
into effective change in the US policy regarding offshore online casinos foreign
nations are really keying in on the US’s policy right now and bringing the
internet gambling debate an even larger international audience – increasing the
pressure put on the politicians who are both pushing for new internet gambling
legislation and those that are making every effort to delay the debate. |