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.

PPA to Hold Rally to Protest WA State Online Gambling Ban
May 12, 2008
PPA will host a rally May 15 to support PPA WA State Director Lee Rousso's legal challenge to state law making online gambling a felony...
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Addidional Representatives Join Frank, Paul, Gambling Bill
April 26, 2008
Reps. Barney Frank and Ron Paul last week introduced legislation that would curtail the efforts of the Department of the Treasury and the Federal Reserve, who is trying to develop rules to govern the ill-conceived law known as the UIGEA...
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Internet Gambling Bill Once Again Focus Of House Members
April 24, 2008
The U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, with Chairman Barney Frank, is trying to pass legislation to stop the federal government from insisting financial institutions police themselves when it comes to online gambling...
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Poker Player Alliance Gaining Power With Over One Million Members
April 22, 2008
The Poker Player Alliance is positioning themselves to be a major lobbying force in Washington, the group is planning on announcing that members have topped the one million mark. ..
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Barney Frank And Ron Paul Introduce New Bill To Suspend Internet Gambling Ban
April 12, 2008
Representative Barney Frank has been leading the charge against the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, he has joined with Representative Ron Paul to introduce a new Bill that would suspend the Internet gambling ban...
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Bill to Legalize Online Gambling Gains 48th New Co-Sponsor
April 5, 2008
The IGREA, aka Bill HR 2046, meant to legalize and regulate online gambling, has gained an important new co-sponsor in Rep Jerrold Nadler from New York...
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Major Banks Rip Apart Internet Gambling Ban Proposed Regulations
April 2, 2008
Executive Vice President of the American Bankers Association, Wayne A. Abernathy punched major holes in the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act at today's Financial Services Committee Hearing...
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Online Gambling Ban Regs Get Ripped Apart at House Hearing
April 2, 2008
The Unlawful Internet Gambling and Enforcement Act proposed regulations today came under fire at the House Financial Services Committee hearings...
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UIGEA Regulation Hearing Finally Set After Months of Rumors
March 28, 2008
The proposed regulations to the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act will be discussed at a hearing that is now set, and will no longer just be a rumor...
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U.S. Banks Still Not Instructed How To Handle UIGEA
March 24, 2008
It was back in 2006 when President Bush signed the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, and banks are still not sure how they are supposed to deal with it...
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IGREA Gets 47th Co-Sponsor as Pro Online Gambling Momentum Builds
March 15, 2008
Barney Frank's Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act (IGREA) has gained another co-sponsor this week in Congressman Tim Bishop, adding to the momentum of the pro-online gambler movement...
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European Commission Could Drive US Online Gambling Industry To Regulation
March 10, 2008
The United States has already drawn the ire of people in their own country with their efforts to make online gambling illegal, now they are being investigated by the European Union for possible discrimination against foreign online gambling companies...
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US Internet Gambling Regulation Gaining New Momentum
March 6, 2008
Barney Frank today announced a new hearing to be held to discuss his Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act in spring of this year...
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iMEGA Wins Online Gambling Case Against US DoJ and UIGEA
March 6, 2008
The long awaited decision by Judge Mary L. Cooper has finally come down and the online gambling community is rejoicing, somewhat...
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46th Online Gambling Bill Co-Sponsor Brings New Hope for US Legalization
February 28, 2008
The first new co-sponsor of 2008 signed on to Congressman Barney Frank's Bill HR 2046, proposed last year and meant to legalize the online gambling industry...
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U.S. Risking Global Trading System by Not Regulating Online Gambling
February 1, 2008
The United States has seen one of its Congressman release a report on a way to regulate online gambling, and they must move fast on the issue or else risk jeopardizing the global trading system...
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Internet Gambling Could Bring in Billions if Regulated in United States
February 1, 2008
Congressman Jim McDermott has announced a new tax revenue analysis, and part of his findings indicate that regulated Internet gambling could bring in billions of dollars...
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Antigua And USTR To Talk Today About Internet Gambling Issues
January 17, 2008
Dr. Errol Cort, Antigua's Finance Minister will meet today with USTR's, Susan Schwab, to discuss the online gambling trade dispute and resolution...
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Online Gambling Sanctions May Be Unenforceable
January 16, 2008
Antigua and Barbuda had scored a huge victory with a ruling from the World Trade Organization, but now it appears that it will be difficult for the small island nation to get back its money...
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Online Gambling Industry Turning To EU in Battle Against Germany
January 15, 2008
Online operators are not happy with a recent treaty that went into effect in Germany, they feel it goes against European Union Law...
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