There is no doubt that the battle between those in support of legal online casino in the United States and those against has been cranked up a notch after Congressman Barney Frank introduced his legislation to regulate online casinos last week.  The legislation was the weapon that pro online casino advocates have been waiting for.  In response it seems the anti online gambling community has increased the use of their secret weapon; lies and misleading comments about online casinos.

Sherman Bradley, the gambling analyst from Online Casino Advisory, can see through these misleading comments and has made it his duty to call out the offenders.  Most of the verbal assault against online casinos seems to be coming from Citizenlink.com.  Citizenlink.com is the website for the Focus on the Family conservative Christian group; a group that has proven time and again that when it comes to protesting online casinos they will not let small details like fact get in the way.

Frank actually announced two pieces of legislation last week; the first establishes a licensing process for online casino and Internet gambling sites, the next put a freeze on compliance with the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act.

According to the Focus on the Family site, “The UIGEA requires financial institutions to block payments to off-shore Internet gambling operations that are not licensed to operate within the U.S.”

Sherman points out that they neglected to truthfully illuminate the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement.  First, the site’s definition of the law neglects to explain that there are no online casinos currently licensed in the United States.  Their words suggest that only unregulated foreign sites are banned.  Second, they conveniently forget to mention how the ban has injured many state lotteries.