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.

Kentucky Online Gambling Domain Name Ruling Will Be Unenforceable
January 6, 2009
According to attorney Matthew Zimmerman, no matter what the outcome of the Kentucky Internet gambling domain name seizure case, it will be unenforceable by law...
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With US Regulation Online Casinos Can Help Catch Terrorists
January 3, 2009
While the US government has spent the last four years trying to corral terrorists, there is evidence that regulation on Internet gambling could help capture these villains...
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Could Legalizing Online Gambling Help The US Economy?
January 3, 2009
Everyone in the US is searching for a way to help the troubled economy, one observer believes the key to the future financial success of the US could lie in legalizing online gambling...
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US Gambling Agreement With WTO Being Challenged In Utah
December 27, 2008
The state of Utah has lawmakers that believe the US government has unjustly withheld information regarding negotiations with the WTO stemming from a gambling agreement...
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PartyGaming Founder Has Two Years To Cooperate With US After Plea
December 17, 2008
The co-founder of PartyGaming, an online gambling company, has plead guilty to violating the US Wire Act. Despite the guilty plea, he will not face sentencing until December of 2010...
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Kentucky Appeals Court Could Put Gambling Case On Hold Until 2009
December 13, 2008
On Friday, an appeals court in Kentucky heard arguments from lawyers involved in the Internet gambling domain name case. The arguments were made, but a ruling is not expected until 2009...
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Internet Freedom At Stake When Kentucky Gambling Case Resumes
December 12, 2008
Attorneys representing 141 Internet gambling websites will be back at work in court on Friday arguing for the right to keep the Internet free from government...
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Can Government Regulation Protect the Online Gambling Bettor?
December 8, 2008
In a column in the Las Vegas Review-Journal the author points out that the US is heading towards regulation of online gambling, but she questions whether regulation will protect the player. We say it already does...
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Spencer Bachus Approves of Nanny State, Opposes Parenting
December 4, 2008
After kicking out most fascists in office in the past election, still some remain, like Congressman Bachus, who insists US citiznes should live in a Nanny state, instead of giving responsibility to parents...
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60 Minutes Online Gambling Story Depicts Need for Regulation
December 1, 2008
The latest 60 Minutes story covering the Absolute Poker online gambling cheating scandal reveals just a couple of the real important reasons that all countries should regulate online casinos...
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Anti-Gambling Groups Confused Over New Internet Gambling Rules
November 15, 2008
The new rules for regulating the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act came down this week from the Treasury Department, and anti-gambling groups are claiming victory, apparently confused as to what those rules really mean...
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Latest Internet Gambling Rules Have Americans Seeing Blue
November 13, 2008
If the Bush Administration was looking for one more way to cripple financial institutions they found it on Wednesday. The rules the Treasury Department published regarding Internet gambling are yet one more example of why this administration leaves while Americans slams the door behind them...
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UIGEA Regulations Published - Online Gambling Industry Not Happy
November 12, 2008
The long awaited final rule for the implementation of the ill-conceived UIGEA, that would make it illegal for banks to process payments to deemed illegal Internet gambling sites, has finally been published...
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Legislators Have One More Sneak Attack Planned For Internet Gambling
November 11, 2008
Legislators who passed the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act back in the late hours of a 2006 night, now have their sights set on finishing their work the same way it was started, using shady tactics...
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UIGEA Online Gambling Regulations to be Implemented by Bush Admin
November 7, 2008
The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act was passed back in 2006 as an add on to a port security Bill. Just as that was a twelfth hour decision, the Bush Administration appears ready to further hurt the banking industry on his way out of office by completing regulations for the UIGEA...
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BoycottKentucky.com Starts Petition Against Kentucky Gambling
October 26, 2008
The website BoycottKentucky.com has started a petition on their site and they are looking for people to sign, pledging that they will boycott gambling in the state of Kentucky...
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Kentucky Court Of Appeals Asked To Dismiss Internet Gambling Case
October 24, 2008
Lawyers for the 141 Internet gambling websites that are in danger of losing their domain names have asked the state Court of Appeals to dismiss a lawsuit filed against them last month...
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Online Casino Advisory Call For Gambling Boycott In Kentucky Gaining Steam
October 23, 2008
The Online Casino Advisory has called for a boycott of gambling in the state of Kentucky last week, and the idea is picking up steam as more news agencies pick up the story and a website dedicated to the cause has been launched...
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Online Casino Advisory Calls For A Boycott of Kentucky Gambling
October 19, 2008
The Online Casino Advisory, an industry leader in delivering online casino news, has called for a boycott of gambling in Kentucky after the recent actions of the state's governor, Steve Beshear...
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Kentucky Promotes Protectionism, Breaks WTO Rules With Gambling Case Decision
October 17, 2008
Judge Wingate's ruling in the Kentucky online gambling domain name seizure case is certain to throw fuel on the fire of several different aspects of world-wide trade, business, commerce, and social debates...
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