online poker

WASHINGTON – The head of the U.S. commercial casino industry today declared, “there are no longer any good reasons to put U.S. citizens at risk by continuing to outlaw online poker in the U.S.”  He also called on Congress to pass laws toughening enforcement against illegal online gambling operators.

AGA Statement on the Introduction of Rep. Barton’s Online Poker Legislation

U.S. gaming operators have been aware for years that the next big thing would be online gambling. In fact, in 2010, global revenue for online gambling was $30 billion; less than 15 percent came from the U.S. This, of course, is because Congress passed legislation in 2006 that was designed to squelch the U.S. online gambling market.

WASHINGTON – The latest round of legal action against online gambling companies was praised today by the American Gaming Association (AGA), but the AGA’s president and CEO, Frank J. Fahrenkopf, Jr., called the actions a “half measure” toward fixing the problem and reiterated his call for federally sanctioned licensing and regulation of online poker.