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Online Casinos Reminiscent of Prohibition

You would think that the United States would have learned an important lesson from the alcohol prohibition of the early 1900’s. The US government felt that alcohol was a bane on society and blocked alcohol sales and consumption throughout the US. History has now shown that what seemed like a successful idea at the time turned out as a major fail – online casinos though are thought to be in the same position. Although the US government thought it could completely control the distribution and access of alcohol in the country it was a major fail and regulation of the market has turned out so much more successful in the long run. Politicians supporting new online casino gambling regulations in Congress feel that the UIGEA is a similar situation akin to Prohibition in the 20s.

Like Prohibition, the government attempted to ban an activity that was simply already too ingrained in the culture to eradicate. Instead, the US government spent huge quantities of money enforcing the Prohibition and lost years of revenue from taxing the industry. The same can be said about the online casinos right now. The UIGEA bans offshore gambling sites but these offshore companies are still readily accessing US internet gamblers, just as alcohol was widely available in underground markets to US citizens. The online casino gambling proponents strongly feel that the US will best benefit from full and proper regulation of the industry in the US.

The fact is, many politicians have agreed that the UIGEA is nearly unenforceable on a full and long-term scale – there is always going to be illegal online casino gambling activity slipping through the legislative cracks. Actual regulation and safeguards built into the industry is not even remotely as difficult as attempting to block and ban online gambling sites.