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Could it Have an Effect

Now, not to be a defeatist, but the plight of the US online casino gambling industry seems a little lost and not likely to change any time soon. Over the past three years that the controversial UIGEA has been in place the US government has not only continually and consistently sought to punish and prosecute gambling companies that violate the ban of offshore online casinos, but the US government has also refused to enter into negotiations with the World Trade Organization over the controversial protectionist gambling laws. The European Union and Antigua have both approached the US Trade Representatives with pleas, negotiations, and even ultimatums that have simply not worked in effectively forcing the US to readdress its controversial internet gambling policies.

Through all of this though, all of the denial of negotiations and the US’s blatant refusal to accept the WTO ruling that the nation’s online casino gambling policies were protectionist and fly in the face of previous international trade commitments, there is still a hope that certain key politicians will be able to affect change at the Congressional level. Now though, in addition to all of the excitement stirring about Congressman Barney Frank’s bill that should go onto the floor of Congress for review within the next six months, there is also a hope that new European Union legislation could trickle its way over to the United States and affect some change.

Basically, online casino gamblers in the EU are excited about the Right2Bet campaign that has launched as a part of the “Citizens Initiative” and there is a hope that if enough North American gamblers sign another petition that the campaign would be strong enough to also reach out across the Atlantic to the US government as well.