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Commercial Protectionism the Root

The United States government is walking a thin rope in the international community with the continued development and enforcement of the controversial UIGEA legislation. The UIGEA effectively blocks all offshore gambling opportunities from entering the US market – this includes licensed online casinos, betting sites, and poker rooms. The World Trade Organization has previously ruled that the UIGEA was not fair under the international trade agreements and yet the US government still refused to comply by drafting new and inclusive regulations. There are many reasons given for the blocks on offshore online casino gambling companies but the world knows that the UIGEA is a form of commercial protectionism designed out of fear of the new mediums.

The land gambling industry in the US is incredibly well developed and there are dozens of well defined sectors of the huge land gambling market. Land betting, poker gambling and card games, slots parlors in some states and slots at the racetracks in other states. The online casino industry could be viewed as just one more piece to the equation if there was more acceptance within the land industry and understanding within the government. Instead though, the US politicians have indulged the powerful land gambling industry as well as the religious right with accusations that the online casinos are far more dangerous and should be banned from the market for the protection of the gamblers.

The real truth though is fear from the land gambling companies – fear that the online casino gambling medium will make obsolete their businesses and steal all of the market. This is a chief motivating reason for many blocking the US internet gambling industry and commercial protectionism is not well regarded in other well developed nations and there is a good chance that these gaming companies could only be benefited financially by launching internet gambling versions of their sites.