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The State of Maryland is making some very questionably legal decisions this month with the seizure warrants for bank account funds in which internet gambling sites are disbursing funds to Maryland gamblers. Internet gambling is illegal in the state and the US magistrate judge in Maryland is willing to make an example of the gamblers in question who are breaking the law by patronizing the online casinos. This trend started over the summer with the warrant for account fund seizures for accounts being held in California. The United States has highly controversial online casino gambling regulations in place and the State of Maryland’s actions are only more disconcerting for the internet gambling industry and the gamblers themselves.

Internet gamblers in the United States haven’t really had to take the online casino gambling bans very seriously because they UIGEA does not directly affect them but rather the gambling sites and the payment processing companies. And to that end, even when the payment processing companies were tapped by the US Department of Justice with seizure warrants and the freezing of company assets, gamblers traditionally still get paid for the money in their account.

The latest seizures though are really going to affect the internet gamblers themselves as much as the online casinos because the Maryland officials are looking to stop gambling at the individual level. There are only a few US states that have specific legislation in place to prevent individuals themselves from gambling through the internet and Maryland is not only one of those states, but the state is one of the first to really step up and begin to enforce said legislation. Only the State of Washington compares in prosecution and enforcement efforts.