The Ultimate UIGEA Challenge

It seems that the US is having an increasingly difficult time managing the dissenting opinions on all sides regarding the current online slots and casino legislation. The infamous UIGEA is the law in question, and even though it has been in place for about three years, many Americans have expressed their discontent with it, and have claimed that it is vague, difficult to follow, difficult to enforce, and ultimately irresponsible in that it fails to accomplish what it was meant to in the first place.

While we have several organizations here on the homefront arguing the validity of the law from the inside, an outside slots and gambling group has decided to take on the Department of Justice. iMega is just the organization for the task, and the latest news is that they have officially filed a lawsuit that could very well mean the end for the UIGEA era in the United States. iMega, which stands for the Interactive Media & Gaming Association, is scheduled to appear in the appellate court this summer.

The online casino industry at large has long been at odds with US policy regarding their participation in the US market. All sides are lately coming together to question the validity of the law, which allegedly ignores real world situations and instead operates on idealistic and unrealistic standards of Puritan living. Other than iMega, the World Trade Organization has since raised some eyebrows and questioned the monopoly that the States have on the slots industry, and have taken away fair trade.

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