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The nation may not have to wait for a Congress to regulate online casinos.  While Barney Frank is doing his best to repeal the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, states may take the matter into their own hands.  The precedent in the United States is that gambling is a state issue, not to be federally regulated.  With that in mind California is already actively pursuing the legalization and regulation of online poker within the state.  New Jersey may take it one step further.  A gaming expert has put forth the idea of licensing online casinos within the state.

In recent years, state after state has introduced slot machines opening up the corner of the gambling market in the northeast that used to be dominated by New Jersey.  As an idea to maintain the competitiveness of New Jersey, Frank Catania has proposed regulating online casinos with in the state.  Catania has quite an impressive resume as the former assistant attorney general and one time head of Gaming Enforcement in New Jersey.  His opinion holds a lot of sway. 

The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act exempts instate online casinos and Internet gambling. Although the Department of Justice may not be happy with any state that decides to regulate online casinos, it is fully within the power of the states to do so.   

Further more, although the Department of Justice likes to present the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act as the law that banned online casinos in the United States, there is no actual law against online casinos. 

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