The ban of online casinos within the United States has been receiving a great deal of criticism for the ineffective and illogical policies that are in place. Many of the naysayers are politicians and gaming activists within the United States but there are other international operators and organizations that have come out to speak against the horrible policies also. One such body is the European Union. The EU has started to try to throw its weight behind the online casino reform efforts in America that have been led extensively by Representative Barney Frank.

Since the United States has a considerable amount of interest in maintaining strong relations with the European Union in terms of keeping up a consistent feeling of goodwill and also in regard to maintaining strong trade relationships, it is in America’s best interest to heed the suggestions thrown out by the EU as far as online casinos are concerned.

The EU has come out with some urgent suggestions that the United States needs to end its efforts to place some sort of lockdown prohibition on the online casino gambling market in America because keeping it going is in direct violation of international trade agreements that every country invested in the relationship between America and the EU are intensely concerned about.

The United States Justice Department and the Bush Administration have seemingly done everything they can to block internet casino gambling within the United States. For the most part those efforts have been largely terrible and ineffective. Still just their mere existence is not good for EU-American relations and that needs to be addressed.

Tags: european union, u.s. gambling laws, UIGEA

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