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Watch out, people. Here come the men in black! Or at least the men with United States government badges. Despite being in the middle of the worst recession since the Great Depression, the American government have decided to go after bank accounts used by online casino players. According to information from the US District Court of the state of Maryland, a raid taking place last week resulted in six Wachovia Bank accounts being seized. A raid? What is this, Prohibition in the 1920s? DON’T TAKE MY MOONSHINE!
And this wasn’t the first raid on the online gambling world either. Raids like this happened nine times…NINE TIMES (intentional Ferris Bueller reference)…over the summer alone. Sources at Wachovia claim that they’re not the only target; apparently accounts have also been frozen at other banks including Bank of America, First Premier, and Interstate Net Bank.
What’s all the fuss about? Once again, it’s the online casino/online gambling ban in the US, thanks to the Unlawful Internet Gaming Enforcement Act (UIGEA), otherwise known as the act that is a big waste of time and takes away $59.9 bajillion of potential tax monies from the country. I was hoping that under a new administration, the government might loosen up a little bit but it looks like my hopes will not be realized any time soon.
Still, it’s not stopping people like Barney Frank, US congressman from Massachusetts, from drumming up supporters for his online gambling legislation. With the Democrats now in power in Congress, perhaps Mr. Frank can finally make some change, giving all of us online casino buffs a bit of a break.