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An Opt-Out Online Casino Bill

Spencer Bachus had a whole lot of ideas to contribute to the recent markup session for HR 2267, a bill designed to regulate and license online casino in the US market. Bachus is one of the main detractors of this bill and actively goes out of his way to prevent this bill from passing through into law. Bachus supports the current controversial UIGEA which is widely acknowledged as a flawed piece of legislation that does not actively address the real concerns that are present in the current international gambling climate. Bachus seems to be losing steam though and as the new gambling bill gains ground in Congress Bachus suggested several amendments to the current bill that aim at keeping some of the integrity of the UIGEA in place.

Bachus’ main amendment proposal was that the proposed legalization of the online casinos should be an opt-in change for the US – that would mean that all of the US states would remain under the control of the UIGEA unless they voted to actually opt-into the regulation and legalization system put in place by the US government. And although Bachus was pushing hard to keep the UIGEA relevant in the face of new legalization of the online casinos, his amendment was not approved and therefore the regulations contained in HR 2267 will remain opt-out.

That means that each US state will automatically enter the federally regulated online casino gambling industry unless they vote to opt-out and instead make internet gambling officially illegal. It is believed that only one or two US states may choose to go this route since internet gambling is currently illegal only in Washington State, with pending action at work in Massachusetts.