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Busy With The Economy The economic crisis has taken top priority in the US and it is unfortunate for the online gaming community that their chief ally in Congress is the head of the US House Financial Services Committee.

The Committee head, Representative Barney Frank, introduced legislation that would have put an end to the Unlawful Internet gambling Enforcement Act. The bill, HR 2267, also would have laid the groundwork for legalized and regulated Internet gambling in the US.

That legislation has now been delayed thanks to the more pressing issues the Committee is dealing with. It appears now, according to the Poker Players Alliance, that the Bill will not be discussed until September at the earliest.

This is bad news for online casinos that have been positioning themselves to make a move back into the US market. Several big gaming companies have settled cases with the US in hopes of returning once the current laws are changed.

Rep. Frank has received growing support for his online gambling legislation. To date, he has thirty-five co-sponsors for the Bill. The remarkable part of the co-sponsors is that they are from both sides of the aisle.

Lawmakers are understanding that the public wants the right to gamble online. Many of these lawmakers have swapped positions since they voted the UIGEA into law, while others who had a minimal opinion now believe legalized online gambling is necessary in the US.

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As we all know, Congressman Barney Frank of the House Financial Services Committee introduced a bill to overturn the anti-gambling law, the UIGEA, unfortunately the economic crisis has thrown a monkey in the works, because the voting for the law is delayed.

The Bill, HR2267, the Internet Gambling Regulation & Consumer Protection Enforcement Act (IGRCPEA), will license and regulate online casino gambling in the US. Since the bill was introduced in May, the legislation has gathered support from various politicians, Barney Frank now has 35 co-sponsors for his proposal to regulate online gambling. The online casino industry had high hopes for the bill, but now disappointment kicks in, as voting for the bill was postponed until September 2009. A spokesperson for Barney Frank said the hearing for the bill is delayed until the autumn because of excessive workload on legislation urgently needed to address the economic crisis and the administration’s measures to correct it. It seems unlikely the bill will be voted on before September. That does not mean however, that the fight to overturn the unfair anti-gambling UIGEA is over, another fighter against the law is the iMEGA, on July the 7th they have a court case against the UIGEA with the Court of Appeals. iMEGA’s point of view in the case, is mainly concerned around the unconstitutionality of the UIGEA and the vagueness of the rules of UIGEA for the people to understand. If this case will not hold up in court, the wait for the battle to continue will be until September.