The hope that the USA will soon be free to gamble their hearts out in online casinos has taken center stage in recent gambling news. I found an interesting article that discusses the American Indian tribes in America and the possibility of those involved in the gambling industry to expand into the online market.
A government ruling that will allow states to legalize some online gambling could prod lawmakers to pass federal Internet poker legislation. This is a prospect that is dividing Indian tribes dependent on the gambling industry for their livelihoods.
Some tribes see legalization as a business opportunity to expand their operations into the online world. It’s dividing tribes because there are those that don’t have the means to make an investment into the internet gambling market. There is fear that they won’t be able to compete with some of grand sites to hit the net and brick and mortar locations may be swallowed up in the process.
Tribal leaders and American Indian casinos agree that federal online poker legislation as written, which would make online gaming legal across the country except in opt out states, would put too much pressure on the tribes.
“Now they are concerned that this ruling is going to be the impetus for the federal legislation,” said Penny Coleman, a lawyer representing the tribal nations. “They’re worried there’s going to be this big push now.”
The Justice Department, in a massively important ruling on December 24th, gave states the go ahead to start cashing in on intrastate online gambling systems that exclude sports betting.
States are already lining up and so are American Indian tribes.
There’s so much more to this issue. It seems that every aspect of online gambling in the states has caused upset somewhere. Is it all worth it?
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