Good Enough for Online Casino Regulation?
Age verification software is one of the most underrated technologies on the
internet today. A lot of skeptics feel that this software does a poor job of
actually blocking underage internet users from questionable content, but those
assumptions are more based on assumptions and old data. Technology develops on a
monthly basis and age verification software is continually and consistently
improved, particularly in areas where questionable internet industries are
concerned such as the online casinos and porn. Those gamblers supporting a free
and open online casino gambling industry within the US market argue that if
underage gamblers can be effectively blocked from the porn sites then why can’t
that same technology be used to safe implement a legalized US online gambling
market that fully blocks underage gambling.
Underage gambling is actually one of the main arguments used by politicians
against the online casinos and it is one of the weakest, in actuality. Claims
that the underage youth of America are going to find these internet gambling
sites and develop addictions are just way over blown. Not only does the US
already have some of this technology effectively working within certain
industries, many European countries have the exact technology blocks quite
effectively working to block underage online casino gamblers…which naysayers
assert is impossible within the US.
The global online casino gambling industry is at a time right now where there
are some amazing accomplishments in terms of internet based safety if the right
protocols and blocks are in place. Although no software can be 100 percent
effective in blocking underage Americans from the site, use in other countries
has clearly shown that it is possible to implement the blocks well. |