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Do We Need Protection

The online casino gambling industry has been essentially banned and blocked from the United States market through the implementation and enforcement of the UIGEA. The US government has pushed the issue of Americans needing protection at the federal level to protect the morals of the country and to keep problem gambling and other social ills associated with the online casinos out of the US market. But on the other side of the situation are the protectionist US policies that are keeping a contained internet gambling market in the US where only certain types of online games are permitted.

The gamblers in the US though are begging the question, do we need that much protection? The online casino gambling industry certainly needs regulations and monitoring policies in place but how far should the government go in the land of the free? One of the strongest counter arguments to the UIGEA is the fact that it limits the personal freedoms of citizens and tells them just what they can and cannot do at a federal level. It really wouldn’t be too far of a stretch to say that the policies the US government has passed and enforced are blatantly un-American.

What is the government protecting the US from? The UK market has a solid gambling market where the online casinos are legal but extensively regulated and watched…and it’s working extremely well. The US though is reticent to implement these policies where the internet gambling sites would be licensed and regulated within the market. Instead the UIGEA bans financial transactions but the people of the US are still mostly legally able to gamble at offshore gaming sites if they can find a site willing to have them.