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Online casinos exist and they are not going anywhere.  Online casinos will still be around even if the United States does not succeed in legalizing and regulating the industry.  When looked at from that point of view, it becomes apparent that regulation is the only option to help problem gamblers when it comes to the online casino question.

There are many people out there that fear online casinos will cause an epidemic of problem gambling.  The theory makes very little sense if you know anything about compulsive gamblers.

The Australian government offers a definition of problem gambling as follows: “Problem gambling is characterized by many difficulties in limiting money and/or time spent on gambling which leads to adverse consequences for the gambler, others, or for the community.”

The impulse that causes problem gambling has been described as an internal tendency.  Therefore it does not matter if online casinos exist or go away, are legal or outlawed.  Problem gamblers will find something to gamble on, that is for sure.  Serious gambling addicts have a hard time turning down a bet as to which way the wind will blow next.

If the interest of protecting impulsive gamblers is at all sincere, online casinos must be regulated.  Without regulation, the United States cannot keep tabs on the activities of less legitimate gambling sites and the crooks out their have no authority to which to answer.  Problem gamblers are likely to find themselves at an unregulated site in order to get there fix and those people will have no form of consumer protection if some sort of regulation legislation is not passed for online casinos.

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