Kyl Pushing for Online Gambling Ban

May 9, 2008

When you see a sinking ship do you jump in it, or out of it? This is a question many have been asking in regards to Senator Jon Kyl. As more people pull away from the online gambling bill to stop the processing of payments to online casinos – Kyl is running towards it – publicly touting his support for the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, or UIGEA.

As others move towards defeating the online gambling bill, Kyl continues to move forward and announce to anyone who will listen why he supports the ban on online gambling. However, that is not to say that he doesn’t have problems with the bill. In fact, he does. He thinks that the government has been too slow in enforcing the online gambling ban and wants efforts stepped up.

He says that the government and the Federal Reserve have not acted expeditiously enough to get the ban on online casinos and gambling in place and enforceable. He says that the UIGEA is fine the way it is except for the time frame.

Even though the public has said that they would rather see the bill that Barney Frank and Ron Paul have been pushing to get passed that would regulate online gambling, Kyl has remained steadfast in his lack of support for the bill.

Experts say that Kyl may continue to try and get online gambling banned in the name of those that cannot protect themselves from the addiction of it, he will assuredly not be successful in his undertaking. The problem is lack of desire from the American people and the inability to have a law enforcement department that can watch and prosecute those that have violated it.




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