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Online Casino Concern for Federal Gov

The US Federal government has essentially banned the offshore online casino gambling industry through regulations that restrict the processing of transactions between US banks and financial companies and illegal internet gambling companies. The UIGEA took effect three years ago and has been strongly enforced (in parts) over the past year. This action to uphold and support the UIGEA has some state governments pondering the wisdom in implementing state internet poker gambling industries because the US federal government has not yet fully weighed in on the huge problem that the UIGEA creates, the issue of what precisely constitutes “illegal internet gambling.” Poker experts contend that the game of poker is not a game of chance and therefore not included in the US federal government restrictions.

The real question though, is this really the case. The poker experts do not necessarily speak for the US Department of Justice and the handful of US states seeking to legalize internet poker (and will specifically avoid the online casinos) are nervous that implementing internet poker could open a can of worms. There are some in the political arena who are pushing for the internet poker to also face a full banning – but they do not wholly have the right to make that decision. The US government bodies are currently and actively debating the online casino gambling industry, and internet poker is included but not specifically mentioned in these debates; that fact has led the states of California and Florida to assume that intrastate poker gambling is legal and viable.

The intrastate part is key though; the US government is currently incredibly picky about allowing a full fledged US online casino gambling and poker industry without tight regulations. If a US state decides to face-off against the US Department of Justice by offering internet gambling, they will have to effectively ensure that all of the internet gambling activities occur only within the state borders.