A lot of interesting ideas were explored in regard to the future of online casinos at the Gaming Executive Summit held in Madrid this past week. Everyone was eager to discuss what will happen with the pending online casino regulation in the United States. Everyone is curious to see how the whole debacle players out. Will Representative Barney Frank succeed in getting the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act repealed once and for all?

Will he be able to get all online casinos properly licensed within America? These are all at the forefront of everyone’s mind heading towards the fall season of gaming. One executive from 888 indicated that the he would wager money on the fact that the United States will maintain some level of the protectionist agenda they have in place right now and that they will end up restricting the internet casino licensed to only companies that have their base in the United States.

Others, however, are more hopefully that casinos within America will be exposed to a more liberal and logical set of guidelines and that there will be a great and substantial departure from the impossible and horrific UIGEA. Of course, all of this was just mere speculation, but the issues are looking to be resolved sometime early this fall so everyone is on the edge of their seats waiting and wondering what the final outcome will be. The U.S. has received quite a lot of criticism from individual countries and also from the European Commission in regard to their horrible policies that allegedly go against the trade agreements that have been set in place.

Tags: gaming executive summt, online gambling laws in u.s., UIGEA

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