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News > Casino News Archive > Mar 2007 > Online Casino Interference during Super Bowl |
11 Mar 2007
Recently, the LA Times published a an op-ed piece on federal interference in online casinos gaming leading up to this weekend’s US Super Bowl football game. The article stated that millions of Americans have engaged in criminal behavior leading up to the big match, meaning they placed bets on the football game at online casinos sports books. The article goes on to explain the background, detailing the questionable passing of the UIGEA, or Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act and its impact on Americans’ ability and convenience to pursue their leisure pastime of choice.
In the article, the writer uses sarcasm to explain the situation. ‘You know who you are - those of you outside Nevada who placed bets on the Indianapolis Colts or Chicago Bears. It’s estimated that about US 5 billion dollars will be on the line this afternoon in a nation in which even office pools are technically illegal in some states.’ Online casinos fans have enjoyed, and continue to enjoy, betting at online casinos and online sports books when their favorite sports teams go head-to-head. Sports and props bets are a huge part of the online casinos industry.
The LA Times piece concludes with the observation that the US online casinos gambling crackdown is part of a broader trend of the state protecting citizens from themselves. However, in doing so, it is curtailing their freedoms in the process. Even with the UIGEA in place, online casinos fans are still playing at online casinos. It seems that online gambling is too popular to have it stopped by one legislative act.
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