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The US online casino gambling issue has been a major problem for some time – basically since November of 2006 when the UIGEA was rushed into law in a late-night session of congress. The UIGEA is a highly controversial piece of legislation that is mentioned extensively in the industry news. But for newcomers to the issue, the history of the UIGEA, its issues and problems that it has created and the growing effects of the legislation might be new. For that reason, we’re going to take a look at the origins of the UIGEA and follow it through the two years that this law has been in place and the possible long-term effects.

The UIGEA, or the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, was written and pushed through into law by two Republican Senators, John Kyl and Spencer Bachus. These two individuals wrote the UIGEA to specifically target the transactions between offshore online casinos and US gamblers. The passage of the bill is one of the most controversial aspects of the whole situation. The UIGEA did not actually pass through on its own merits and the politicians actually attached it as an affiliated piece of legislation alongside a must-pass security bill. It was a midnight addition and those voting on the Safe Port Act, the must pass legislation, were almost wholly unaware that the UGIEA was added.

The UIGEA passed and within days all of the major online casinos and internet gambling companies that had been operating in the US market for years were now forced to immediately pull out of the market or face prosecution from the US Department of Justice.