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 Picks Up Sixty-Third Co-Sponsor For Online Gambling Bill
November 18, 2009
Representative Barney Frank has picked up his sixty-third co-sponsor for an online gambling proposal that calls for regulation of Internet gambling in the US. Rep. Anthony Weiner from New York is the latest addition...
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Assistant US Attorney Tells Online Gamblers, Testify, Or Go To Jail
November 17, 2009
The US has now sent its tenth online gambler to jail for refusing to testify. The latest person to end up in jail is Nicholas Zicarelli in Kansas City...
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Obama Tells China Not To Censor The Internet-But Supports US Internet Censorship
November 17, 2009
President Obama told Chinese citizens over the weekend that China should not censor the Internet, unfortunately, his message was not heard by many outside of the group he was speaking to...
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Fifty-One Months In Prison For BetOnSports.com Founder Kaplan
November 3, 2009
The US now has one of the major contributors to the online gambling boom in the country behind bars. Gary Kaplan, founder of BetOnSports.com, was sentenced on Monday to fifty-one months in prison...
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Publicly Traded Optimal Agrees To Online Gambling Settlement With US
October 31, 2009
Canadian company Optimal Group, Inc. may no longer be processing online gambling payments from US customers, but on Friday it was announced that the company has settled with the US for 19.2 million for past processing...
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Online Gambling Estimates Large From Joint Committee On Taxation
October 29, 2009
Representative Jim McDermott released an analysis from the Joint Committee on Taxation in regards to Internet gambling, and the estimates show that the US would make $42 billion if online gambling was regulated...
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US And Australia May Be Next In Line For Regulated Online Gambling
October 24, 2009
There are many parallels between the handling of online gambling in the US and Australia. One of the biggest similarities these days is that both countries are looking into revamping their current laws...
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Kentucky Online Gambling Domain Name Arguments Heard By Supreme Court
October 23, 2009
Lawyers for the state of Kentucky and the 141 online gambling sites who had their domain names seized argued their case in front of the Kentucky Supreme Court Thursday, a ruling on the law could take weeks...
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Vermont Representative Welch Joins Frank's Online Gambling Bill
October 16, 2009
Barney Frank has picked up another co-sponsor late this week for his online gambling bill. Representative Peter Welch from Vermont has become the bill's sixty-second co-sponsor...
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Rep. Larson Signs On As Co-Sponsor For Frank Online Gambling Bill
October 10, 2009
Representative Barney Frank received his sixty-first co-sponsor for his online gambling legislation on Thursday when Rep. John B. Larson from Connecticut signed on...
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Barney Frank Online Gambling Bill Hits Sixty Co-Sponsors
October 2, 2009
Representative Barney Frank hit a milestone on Thursday when he reached sixty co-sponsors for his latest online gambling legislation proposal. Representatives Bennie Thompson and Adam Smith became co-sponsors Thursday...
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Bipartisan Lawmaker Group Asks For Delay Of UIGEA Online Gambling Rules In US
October 2, 2009
Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle this week are asking Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernake and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to delay the implementation of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act for one year...
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Online Gambling Fund Seizures Continue By US Government
September 27, 2009
The US government has placed online gambling sites on warning, if they continue to operate in the US, their funds will be confiscated. This past week, the government seized six more bank accounts related to Internet gambling...
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Online Gambling Legal Expert Cabot Believes Frank Bill Will Fail
September 26, 2009
Many online gaming experts believe that it is just a matter of time before Internet gambling is regulated in the US. Tony Cabot, one of those experts, however, believes the time is not now and that Rep. Barney Frank's Bill will fail...
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Health Care Reform Will Not Receive Online Gambling Revenue
September 25, 2009
An amendment proposed by Senator Ron Wyden that would have helped pay for the cost of health care reform has been withdrawn because of the delicate nature of two issues that are being heavily debated...
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New US Government Task Force Shows Need For Online Gambling Regulation
September 21, 2009
A new task force that will go after online gambling operations has been set up by the US Government and it shows the need for regulation of the Internet gambling industry in the country...
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Barney Frank Online Gambling Bill Gains Four New Co-Sponsors
September 21, 2009
The support for Representative Barney Frank's online gambling Bill has grown once again with four new co-sponsors signing on. The total co-sponsor list is now up to fifty-eight lawmakers...
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Golden Casino Falls Victim To Persistent Federal Inquiries
September 20, 2009
Golden Casino, a well-known online casino, has been the target of a federal investigation, and while they passed many of the undercover tests, they finally succumbed to the constant hounding of undercover officers trying to gamble...
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Online Gambling Advocacy Group Launches Major Ad Campaign
September 14, 2009
The Safe and Secure Internet Gambling Initiative has lauched an advertising campaign that they hope will add to the growing sentiment that Internet gambling prohibition should come to an end in the US...
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Feds Continue Online Gambling Crackdown With Maryland Seizures
September 12, 2009
The federal government in the US has continued to go after bank accounts that are associated with online gambling payouts. The latest seizures have occurred in Maryland where three accounts were seized on September 4th...
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