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By introducing a bill that will regulate online casinos in the United States, Representative Barney Frank has done a lot to protect the rights of online casino operators.  Franks real battle lies ahead as he campaigns for votes to get the law passed.

In the meantime, there is another organization already waist deep in the battle to defend the right of online casinos to compete fairly in the world gambling market, that is the Interactive Media Entertainment and Gaming Association.  iMEGA is currently embroiled in two major court cases that may determine the future of online casinos and online gambling; one in Kentucky and one in Minnesota.

The case in Kentucky has been going on for some time now and iMEGA is gearing up for a Supreme Court appearance.  The case started when a Circuit Court Judged granted permission to the Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear to seize the domain name of 141 online casinos as if they were gambling devices operating in the state.  iMEGA was successful in having the decision overturned in a court of appeals.  Now it is time for round two and iMEGA Chairman Joe Brennan seems optimistic.

“In our mind, they’ve broken no new ground,” said Brennan of the case being built by the Kentucky attorneys.

“They haven’t strengthened their case at all. They are falling back on same arguments that were unsuccessful at the appellate level: We are bad people, we don’t deserve to be here, and sites don’t deserve to be represented by groups like iMEGA, which is simply an illegal internet gambling association.”

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