Market Barriers: US Internet Gaming

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With experts increasingly optimistic that internet gaming will be authorized at either the state or federal level in the near future, new research from GamblingCompliance examines how US state lotteries, tribal gaming interests and commercial casinos are all lining up to influence the direction of change.

   

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£995 - Non-subscribers (plus P&P)
£895 - Subscribers (plus P&P)
Release Date:
January 26, 2010

Length:                           160 pages

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‘Market Barriers: US Internet Gaming’ is the product of months of comprehensive research by GamblingCompliance’s in-house and independent analysts. It draws on interviews with over 60 key lawyers, lobbyists, lottery directors and state gaming officials to assess the viability of regulation on both a federal and state-by-state basis. 

‘Market Barriers: US Internet Gaming’ is the most comprehensive and impartial analysis of the emergent US market available and provides a clear understanding of the current political and legal factors in play as federal and state officials plot moves towards regulated internet gaming.

About the Report

Three years on from the passage of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act in October 2006, the depth of the US’ historically restrictive stance on internet gaming is coming to be sternly tested, both by federal politicians who question the effectiveness of prohibition, and by state and tribal governments contemplating a limited approval of internet gambling activities.

GamblingCompliance’s ‘Market Barriers: US Internet Gaming’ provides an independent and forward-looking assessment of the prospects for regulated online gaming in the United States at the start of a critical year for internet gambling in the world’s largest gaming market.

The report’s publication comes at a critical juncture - with Congressman Barney Frank and Senator Robert Menendez both touting federal regulation of internet gaming, and states as various as California, Florida, Illinois, Minnesota, New York and New Hampshire all contemplating offers of online games at a local level, either via their state lotteries or through poker initiatives involving Indian gaming tribes.

In addition to summarizing existing state and federal laws on internet gaming, the study also analyzes contemporary approaches to online gaming law enforcement taken by the federal Department of Justice and by authorities in individual states.

It also examines how key players from across the US gaming sector – from state lotteries in Illinois and New York, to horse racing interests, to Las Vegas casino giants such as Harrah’s, Wynn and MGM – are all positioning themselves ahead of an online opening, and how they are each lobbying to influence change at both the state and federal levels.

  Critical topics covered include:

  • Federal enforcement of existing gaming laws as the Department of Justice shapes to target online casino and poker operators as well as sites offering illegal sports betting games.

  • What is being proposed under the Frank and Menendez bills, and the political forces that will influence the prospects for regulated internet poker at the federal level in the United States.

  • Las Vegas’ and tribal fears of federal government encroachment on traditional methods of gaming regulation and taxation.

  • The prospects for internet poker in California and Florida, where the sovereign concerns of powerful Indian gaming tribes will determine the outcome of future debates in both key states.

  • US state lotteries as they position themselves to follow European and Canadian counterparts in offering online sales, and their potential to move to casino-style games in order to maximize revenues for cash-strapped state governments.

‘Market Barriers: US Internet Gaming’ provides a comprehensive snapshot of the world’s largest gambling market on the cusp of change, and spotlights the key areas likely to precipitate – and shape – that change.

Market Barriers: A European Online Gambling Study

The report follows the success of GamblingCompliance’s ‘Market Barriers: A European Online Gambling Study’, which focused on approaches to internet gaming taken by all 27 member states of the European Union. Acclaim for ‘Market Barriers: A European Online Gambling Study’.

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