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About Time for Online Casinos

Online casino gambling supporters in the United States feel that it is nearing the time when President Barack Obama really needs to just speak up and address the growing issue and controversy surrounding the US online casinos. The president has a lot on his hands, there is no one denying that the economy is in the tank and needs immediate attention. Then couple that with the heath care reform, the war in Iraq, and many other tensions in the industry, and it’s is certainly understandable that the online casino gambling issue has taken a backseat to the other more pressing concerns over the past six months. But supporters of an open US internet gambling industry are urging the president to put this issue on the agenda and end the controversy – resolve the conflict and move back to the more pressing issues.

The online casino gambling situation is not going anywhere fast. Although a hearing was scheduled in Congress to discuss the latest legislation that is designed to repeal the UIGEA and regulate and license the gambling sites operating in the US, it was postponed until the fall session. Supporters thought change was imminent and a huge Poker Week Rally was organized in Washington that would have coincided nicely with the discussions in congress – the discussions were canceled but the American citizens still care and rallied in Washington for change to the US’s policy with foreign online casinos.

Online casino gambling and internet poker are a growing concern among the US citizens and they are demanding that Obama live up to his campaign promises about freedom of the internet from needless censorship. Democrats are largely supportive of legislation that would legalize internet gambling while, in a generalization, the conservative right would rather keep the restrictions in place under the assumption that this then better protects American gamblers – the fact though remains that gamblers are still finding the internet casinos, and now they are gambling without any governmental oversight.