Online Casino

Since the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act came into force in 2006 it has caused quite a stir. Especially, the American online slot players are affected by the law’s inception because most casinos are not allowed to accept US players anymore which causes less available jackpots to be hit.

In the last week more than 65 online jackpots have been hit, according to the statistics on Jackpotgraphs.com. None of these jackpot hits was done at an online casino which accepts players from the USA. Jackpots which are worth almost $1 million worth and not a single American gambler had the chance to actually win any of them.

Observer Yancey Helms says that this kind of data was discouraging considering that US players were playing somewhere online. “The UIGEA was aimed at stopping Internet gambling in the US, but all is has done is put more money in the unregulated casinos’ hands.”, Helms states.

After the UIGEA had been enforced, lots of the strictly regulated online casinos with their base in foreign countries pulled out of the American market. Consequently, other casinos which are less known got the chance to come in and take those players who have been rejected by other places.

Representative Barney Frank shows understanding for the concerns of people like Helms. He is preparing legislations that would overturn the Act, and furthermore, he is in the process of creating a platform to regulate the online gambling industry in the United States. Frank predicted that Americans would want to gamble online, and in order to protect them from dubious providers. He says that there was a need for regulations holding online casinos accountable.

There is no doubt that more jackpots are going to be hit in the next days. Maybe in the near future US players will also get their chance to win one of those jackpots.