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And the cheese stands alone.

That seems to be the theme song of Arizona Senator Jon Kyl, perhaps the only man in America willing to publicly support the notorious UIGEA.  The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act was sneakily passed by the US government to strangle online casinos in the US.  While political figures from both sides of the aisle are determined to repeal the unfavorable act, Senator Kyl is trying to figure out why the bill does not work.

Kyl has taken to pointing fingers, particularly at the Federal Reserve for not enacting a program more swiftly.  Although testimony after testimony to the Federal Service Committee from several government officials tells him other wise, Kyl seems to want to believe that slow moving government agencies are the only difficulty in banning online casinos in the United States.

Ron Paul and Barney Frank recently introduced a bill supporting the regulation of online casinos.  Kyl considers such attempts a rise of House legislation against the UIGEA.  He attributes the new online gambling regulation bill to the executive branch’s inability to quickly establish regulations.

Most experts oppose Kyl and the Federal Government on the issue of online casinos.  They believe that the UIGEA suffers a horrible lack of clarity and that stopping online gambling is almost impossible.  Many experts do not believe online casinos and online gambling should be stopped.  Although Kyl purports to be protecting problem gamblers, the very same group will be sure to feed their habit at the thousands of legal land based casinos across the nation.

More and more public support seems to stand behind the Paul-Barney regulation bill and Kyl will eventually have to face the truth.  In the meantime, he can spend his energies delaying the inevitable, but he will have quite a challenge convincing law enforcement to spend the revenues and man hours necessary to prosecute poorly written laws that are soon to be repealed.

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