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State of the Union: Online Casino Edition

As the United States leaps full force into the new year, the healthcare reform bills and economic issues have taken precedence on the floor of Congress. President Obama delivered a solid State of the Union address last month and, similarly, it’s high time that we take a brief moment to look at the online casino gambling industry and observe just what has happened in the past year as well as where it is headed. The online casinos are prevalent in the US market right now despite a federal ban on illegal offshore gambling and betting activity. Several key politicians are pushing the internet gambling issue, but to no avail because of the other weighty issues on the table.

The online casinos in the US are in a limbo of sorts. While it is outright illegal for a foreign gambling company to offer chance gaming and even internet poker, this activity is still happening a lot and all over the US. About a dozen internet gambling sites offer online casino gambling to US citizens as they have found ways to circumvent the weak enforcement measures in place. The only current enforcement policies that exist are the a general ban on US banks and credit card companies processing transactions with foreign gambling companies – it has been a most ineffective policy that is likely to be reinforced by new regulations that are scheduled to take full effect in June.

There is a lot of international outcry right now over the US’ continued enforcement of the controversial UIGEA legislation. Several US states are considering the legalization of intrastate online casino gambling – if this passes and starts to operate the US will have a whole new situation on its hands as foreign companies demand and push into the US market as a part of international trade agreements.