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The movement in the United States, toward the legalization of internet gambling, has been growing increasingly stronger over the past several years. The UIGEA passed in late 2006 and since that time several key politicians and interests groups have taken on the online casino gambling industry as a pet cause. Congressman Barney Frank is the best known of the US supporters on the federal level. In fact, Congressman Frank’s efforts have really been the backbone of the current US efforts to repeal the UIGEA and instead license and regulate offshore online casinos within the US market. Frank’s bill is currently the strongest pro-internet gambling proposal on the table and although any sort of action for this bill has continually stalled, there is a strong hope that new legislation will pass within the year.

Frank’s proposal is essentially a bill that would introduce fully legalized online casino gambling into the United States. The US federal government would fully regulate the industry based on working regulatory models in the UK and Europe right now, and then also develop a full licensing structure for the market that would ensure that only the top end gaming sites were finding legal purchase in the US. This legislation is considered not only progressive and liberal, but also desperately needed. The inherent flaws within the UIGEA, coupled with international research that points to the fact that regulation and licensing is the only way to fully control the market has led to a strong movement in the US media and public toward regulating the online casinos.

Barney Frank’s bill is the US’ key choice right now for alternative online casino gambling legislation and a lot of eyes are closely watching as Frank continues to find co-sponsors and more political support for his anti-UIGEA proposal.