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The United States does not have a clear point of view on online casinos.  That is the reason that gambling has always been a state issue.  Thankfully, Barney Frank intends to repeal the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act.  A law like the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act really has no place in the federal law books.  Gambling, whether at brick and mortar casinos or at online casinos, should be the prerogative of the various state governments.

Minnesota is an example of a state that does not want online casinos or online gambling.  Regulators from the state are attempting to use a law to coax Internet service providers into blocking online casinos from access to Minnesota residents.  Minnesota is appealing to 11 major service providers to block almost 200 online casinos and online gambling sites.

The service providers have not yet responded to the Minnesota Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement Division.  The division expects a response in two to three weeks.  The service providers that the Minnesota government have turned to include: AT&T, Charter Communications, Comcast Cable, and several others.

Minnesota is not the first government to try to get Internet service providers involved in their censorship plans.  Australia recently tried the same thing on a national level.  Often Internet service providers, especially in the United States, are completely against most forms of censorship of the Internet; especially when dealing with an internationally legal business like online casinos.

Hopefully the service providers in Minnesota will not succumb to the pressures of the state government.  The pressure is on for Barney Frank to pass his regulation legislation for online casinos.

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