Home

Opposition to Barney Frank’s bill that would regulate and legalize online casinos come from different groups and all have very different reasons.  However, opponents have yet to come up with a complaint that supports do not feel will be resolved or better handled by regulating online casinos.  The brunt of the opposition is coming from sports leagues and social conservatives.

“Illegal offshore Internet gambling sites are a criminal enterprise, and allowing them to operate unfettered in the United States would present a clear danger to our youth, who are subject to becoming addicted to gambling at an early age,” complained Representative Spencer Bachus.  Bachus is a ranking member of the House Financial Service Committee, the same committee over which Barney Frank presides as chairman.

Back in 2007, shortly after the passage of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, Barney Frank attempted to pass a similar law to regulate online casinos with no luck.  However there are quite a few differences in this law.  The 2007 law left it up to the various sporting leagues whether to permit betting on their matches while this latest version expressly forbids online sports gambling.

However, you would never know that this new bill forbids sports gambling the way that the Nation Football Leagues has used a lot of resources to block the passage of this law.  The vehement protest from the NFL breeds questions as to why the legal is so against a law that will legalize online casinos an industry that does not affect them in the slightest.

Casino News