IGREA Gaining Strength
Posted : March 17, 2008

The days of the US regulating online gambling moved one step closer today as the 47th co sponsor of the The Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act (HR2046) has come forward. The bill sponsored by House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank aims to overturn the UIGEA which was passed in late 2006 with the aim of stopping US players from gambling online.

The latest co-sponsor is Congressman Tim Bishop [D-NY], representing the 1st District of New York State who is currently serving his thrid term in office and is involved House committees on Budget, Education and Labor, and Transportation and Infrastructure.

With the support of IGREA gaing strength we may be seeing a shift in opinion regarding gambling online in the United States. Whether the IGREA supporters will manage to overturn the UIGEA is yet to be seen but for US players it is good to know that at least some of your political representatives are on your side.