The UIGEA aka The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act

In October of last year, in the final moments of the last Republican dominated session, Rep. Bill Frist attached a bill to the Safe Port Act without anyone in the Senate having any knowledge of it until fifteen minutes before the Act hit the floor for debate. The Safe Port Act was/is an important act that protects the security of the US borders and it passed almost unanimously in both the Senate and House. And so the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (aka the UIGEA), the bill that former senator Frist scandalously attached to the Safe Port Act, passed and the Internet gambling world was left with their collective mouths agape.

Internet gambling stocks that were publicly traded on the London stock exchange plummeted. Respected online casino, poker, and sportsbooks were forced to close their doors to American citizens. And the repercussions of the deceitfully passed UIGEA are still being felt.

Casino Gambling Web has created an entire section devoted to this topic. We were one of the most active news organizations following this story and we started following before everyone else, way back in July of 2006 when the first anti-Internet gambling bill was proposed and ultimately shot down in Congress. The Internet gambling world blew a sigh of relief, but our reporters did not stop following the issues as we knew the industry was not yet out of hot water. Since the UIGEA has passed Casino Gambling Web has been the ultimate source for visitors to find up to date US Internet gambling law news.

Frank Now Up To Sixty-Six Co-Sponsors For Online Gambling Bill
March 13, 2010
Representative Barney Frank picked up another co-sponsor at the end of February for his online gambling legislation. That brings the total number of co-sponsors to sixty-six...
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German Arrested In Florida For Laundering Online Poker Funds
March 3, 2010
Michael Olaf Schuett has been arrested in Naples, Florida, and is charged with laundering millions of dollars that was marked for online poker gambling winnings...
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Legislation Filed To Regulate Online Gambling In Florida
March 2, 2010
One of the first comprehensive pieces of legislation to legalize online poker in the US has been filed on Friday in Florida. The plan calls for a regulated system where residents can play online and benefit the pari-mutuel industry...
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Ron Paul, Online Gambling Industry Friend, For President Of US
February 21, 2010
Representative Ron Paul has been a longtime supporter of online gambling regulations in the US, and he may take that stance all the way to the top job in the White House. A CPAC poll shows him as the Republican front runner for President...
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Iowa Lawmakers Have Innovative Way To Beat Online Gambling Laws
February 19, 2010
Iowa lawmakers are seeking to not online legalize online poker, but online sports gambling as well. They have even come up with a way to circumvent the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006...
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UC Group Prepares To Process Online Gambling Transactions In US
February 10, 2010
UC Group, a UK-based payment processing company, is preparing process online gambling transactions in the US as soon as the laws change in the country. SecureTrading Inc. has been created as a US subsidiary by the UC Group...
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MasterCard Blocking Online Poker Deposits From US Customers
February 5, 2010
The trickle down effect of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act is being felt in the US even before the law takes affect. MasterCard has now become the first of the big credit card companies to block online poker transactions...
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US Government Seeking $565 Million From Online Gambling Accounts
February 3, 2010
The US government is facing one of their worst economic crisis's in history, and they may be turning to online gambling for relief after all. Instead of regulating the industry, however, the US is raiding bank accounts looking for funds...
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Rep. Frank's Online Gambling Bill Up To Sixty-Five Co-Sponsors
January 29, 2010
Discussions among lawmakers may soon be heating up involving Internet gambling laws in the US. in the meantime, Representative Barney Frank has picked up two new co-sponsors for his proposed online gambling legislation...
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Senator Jon Kyl Blocks Treasury Appointments Over Online Gambling
January 26, 2010
Senator John Kyl was outraged over the Obama Administration's delay of the implementation of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act. The fallout from that decision is that Kyl is now blocking four Treasury appointees...
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Harry Reid Controversy May Change Online Gambling Landscape In US
January 11, 2010
With the GOP calling for the resignation of Senator Harry Reid over comments Reid has made in the past, the online gambling industry watches closely, knowing that without Reid, their path to a regulated industry may be clearer...
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Online Gambling Censorship Continues With Facebook Ad Ban
December 22, 2009
As previously reported on CGW, Facebook has banned all gambling ads from their large social networking site. It has become just the latest in Internet censorship that the Obama Administration claims to be against...
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Professor Kindt Proves Frank's Point On Internet Gambling In US
December 8, 2009
Professor John Kindt may have been speaking out against the movement to legalize Internet gambling, but his recent comments did more to show why online gambling regulations are needed in the US...
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Experts Lining Up To Support Internet Gambling Regulations In US
December 7, 2009
This past week, Representative Barney Frank initiated discussions on the Internet gambling issue in the US, and experts came from everywhere to voice their opinions that online gambling in the country needed regulations...
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WiredSafety Tells US House Online Gambling Regulation Needed
December 4, 2009
An organization advocating Internet safety for consumers told Congress that only regulation of Internet gambling would effectively address concerns about online gaming sites...
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Investors Not Yet Sold On Future Of Online Gambling In US
November 28, 2009
Even though the online gambling industry feels like they had a victory o Friday in the US, investors are not jumping at the idea that online gaming stocks will be profitable in the near future...
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UIGEA Rules To Be Delayed, Announcement Expected Friday
November 26, 2009
Representative Barney Frank is expected to announce tomorrow that U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has agreed to a delay in the implementation of the UIGEA rules...
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Hearings To Begin Next Week For Frank Online Gambling Legislation
November 25, 2009
The waiting period appears over for those in the casino industry waiting for the House Financial Committee to begin discussing Rep. Barney Frank's Internet gambling Bill. The first hearing is set for next Thursday, December 3rd...
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UIGEA Rules One Week Away For Online Gamblers
November 24, 2009
The controversial Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act in the US is set to start being enforced in less than one week, and lawmakers are scrambling to delay the implementation of the UIGEA rules on December 1st...
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Lawmakers Line Up For Upcoming Online Gambling Battle IN US
November 22, 2009
The implementation date for the rules of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act is just over a week away, and lawmakers are lining up in a last minute attempt to delay the process...
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