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The Federal Government's Stance

California is really pushing the boundaries these days with the new bill that seeks to legalize online casino poker gambling within the state. The federal government has passed the UIGEA, which is a piece of legislation that seeks to block offshore online casinos and internet poker companies from accessing the US market. But what is the difference with the individual state governments operating a legalized and regulated internet gambling market? Basically, the carve-outs and federal restrictions have little control over what the state governments do within the borders of their own state according to some lawyers and industry analysts. But that just may not be the case – the federal government has really begun to relax on the implementation of the online casino gambling restrictions, but there is no telling if the US Department of Justice will really let this pass happen.

The California government seems confident that if the bill passes through that it will stand despite any enquiry from the federal government. Another key factor though that will come into play is the offshore online casino gambling and poker companies that are being specifically excluded from the US market. The UIGEA has already caused waves of controversy all over the world and the WTO and the EU are pressuring the US to repeal the UIGEA and revamp it’s controversial internet gambling legislation.

The UIGEA is viewed as a piece of protectionist legislation that allows the US companies to have a corner on all of the online casino, betting, and poker gambling that occurs in the country. If the California legislation passes it would just add more fuel to the fire for the foreign companies that are currently being snubbed.