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November 4, 2008 was a day of change in the United States, but will it translate into a day of change for online casinos?  Not only did the election oust an notoriously anti-online casino administration and welcome who is likely to be a much friendlier Commander in Chief, but House of Representatives and a third of the Senate under went a little remodeling.  On a positive note, most of the incumbents that supported the legalization of online casinos were able to keep their seats. 

Governor Christine Gregoire of Washington, a notorious opponent of online casinos, managed to live another day despite the best efforts to unseat her by Republican Dino Rossi.  Virtually every form of gambling in Washington State provides revenues to the state treasury, yet gamblers playing at online casinos from the safety of their own home is a felony.  With Gregoire still in office, little is expected to change.
 
Kentucky has become the center of an international controversy.  Governor Steve Beshear seized the domain names of 141 international online casinos in a blatant effort to protect the states horseracing industry and land based gambling establishments.  The election brought more bad new from Kentucky as Republican Senator Mitch McConnell managed to emerge victorious after stiff competition from the Democrats.  McConnell was largely responsible for the exclusion of horse racing from the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act that crippled the rest of the Internet gambling industry for quite some time, back in 2006. 

Even worse, McConnell will be ever present as the Senate Minority Leader in the coming political season.

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