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The USA Online Casino Industry Ban |
| A new force is growing fight against the ban of US online casino operators. The National Right for Online Gambling (NROG) was formed recently in order to stop the online casino ban proposed by Bill HR 4411 being passed in the US Congress. The non-profit organization aims to concentrate on informing and educating the online casino gamblers about the Internet Gambling Prohibition and Enforcement Act, its carve-outs and its consequences for all American online gamblers. NROG, that was founded by Brian Jakusik, the executive director, and Jason Bailey, the director of development, will draw the attention of Americans to the injustice of the proposed legislation, which has passed in the House of Representatives and now awaits attention in the Senate. Jakusik comments on the coverage achieved by federal and state officials in pursuing the online casino operators: "It scares me because there's only one side of the issue out there right now in the media. The politicians supporting the online gambling bill and the arrests of online gambling executives are what people are seeing in the media, so they're not getting a balanced view of the issue. Their only source of information is the media, so they believe what they see there." One of the messages the organization hopes to get across is that most online casino companies are no different than any other legitimate business. Jakusik said that someone gambling online at home is no different than if they were to go to the corner store for a lotto ticket. |
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