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The United States government has made some entirely questionable decisions when it comes to the online casino gambling industry and implementing the controversial UIGEA. Namely, the DoJ has specifically targeted foreign companies for several years now and the implemented the protectionist legislation to keep foreign online casinos from competing in even the legal internet gambling markets. In addition to the actions by the DoJ, the US Trade Representatives have employed questionably reprehensible actions in an effort to block foreign online casino sites from the market and keep the US from living up to international trade agreements. All of this controversy has steadily grown over the past three years since the UIGEA was passed through Congress, and current actions are taking the level of controversy and concern to a whole new level.

For the first six months of Barack Obama’s presidency the online casino gambling industry was willing to wait for the pressing issues to find resolution before pressuring Obama for less internet censorship. There has always been an expectation that Obama would not support the efforts of the DoJ against foreign online casinos. That is blatantly and clearly not the case though as the DoJ has become even more active and aggressive against the US internet gambling industry. Recent actions have sparked strong controversy as the DoJ makes extremely bold seizures of bank accounts allegedly linked to the gambling industry.

Although the DoJ might have plans to prosecute these payment processing companies in the near future, at this point the DoJ is almost taunting the affected payment processing companies to take the issue to the courts as a means of getting the money returned. Several of the companies with seized accounts claim that their internet payments processed complied with US legislation…but yet to get the money back they will have to prove in court that they were not offering online casino services to US gamblers and risk further fines and jail time.