Home	Tutorial	Online Casino Reviews	Best Online Casinos	Casino Software	Casino News

Online Casino Gambling --- Casino News

Online Casino Affects US Residents

The US online casino gambling industry has been hotly objected to over the past three years and numerous interest groups, citizens, and politicians have pursued a way to reverse the controversial UIGEA. The news though that James Giordano accepted a plea bargain with US prosecutors is enough to send many within the industry into frenzy of action. Although Giordano is far from an innocent US gambler, the Department of Justice is increasingly becoming more bold in its attempts to block and stop illegal online casino gambling. Just a few months back a US citizen was held in contempt of court for refusing to disclose which gambling site he used, and now Giordano is facing jail time for his decision to operate an illegal online betting site catering toward US players.

Giordano does not feel that the US government is acting within its rights by prosecuting him for offshore online casino gambling actions considering his business was licensed outside of the US and none of the bets were accepted on US soil. That argument doesn’t seem to hold firm with the officials and prosecutors though and Giordano is facing jail time for his actions.

Giordano’s argument is actually a chief argument of many online casino gambling supporters – where is the logic in blocking offshore operators when the US still allows carve-outs for very specific types of gambling? Additionally, the laws are ineffective because US gamblers are still going to seek out ways to gamble and bet through the internet, instead of spending tax dollars on prosecuting US residents the US government could do better by creating a regulated gambling market that actual protects US gamblers from unscrupulous betting companies.