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The Battle Stateside

All of the industry media seems focused on the development of the online casino gambling industry in the United States as well as some of the setbacks that are occurring in the market right in this moment. One of the growing concerns in the US is the state-level anti-gambling action that is cropping up in states like Maryland. Washington State has long been an opponent of the online casinos and internet gambling industry and has some draconian policies in place. But for the state of Maryland, these actions against the gambling industry are very fresh and have only been escalating for the past six months or so. Prior to this year, Maryland seemed unlikely to go down this road of aggressive action against the in-state gamblers.

This month the efforts have doubled yet again and the US Attorney’s Office running out of Baltimore, Maryland is investigating and pursuing more online casino gambling related cases than ever before. The government at this point is really looking to stop the state gamblers from accessing the online casinos and poker sites through diversion. If the state is going to confiscate account funds and force the forfeiture of gambling winnings then what is the point of even gambling? That’s a line of thought and reasoning that the government can support.

The government justifies these new actions against the online casino gambling industry because they are funnelling a large portion of the seized and forfeited funds into programs and services to help problem and compulsive gamblers. Since internet gambling is legal in the state these actions are within the scope of legality although the gamblers and the industry are not pleased by the new policies.