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12/31/2010		Online Casino Style - News: West Virginia Considers Online Gambling
Home History Games News Dictionary		It seems that yet another state has been added to the growing list of United States that are considering establishing legalized intrastate online gambling systems in order to generate new funds for balanced budgets. While California, New Jersey and Florida have already made their respective appearances in the internet casino news columns, the most recent member to the club is that of West Virginia, which announced this week that their government might have to reconsider their current prohibition on internet gambling to get on board with the others. Competitive pressure has been named as the motivating factor, with more states looking for solutions to generate tax funds without actually raising taxes. Online gambling, though technically illegal in the US, is a perfect fit, as millions of Americans continue to gamble online, bypassing the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) and betting in safe, regulated, offshore casinos every day. According to a recent report by the Charleston Gazette, the fear of legalized online gambling hasn’t changed in West Virginia, with the majority of individuals still against the idea. The lead legal counsel for the West Virginia Lottery Commission, John Melton even admitted the fact, alongside the development of a new thought that it might not be so bad after all, considering that internet casinos are definitively the next frontier in gambling. Melton said lawmakers in West Virginia have not yet addressed the issue, adding: "If everybody else does it, we'd probably do it as well,” opined Melton on the topic, though he was quick to avoid estimations as to when legalization in the conservative state might even be considered. The biggest key point will be the establishment of multiple layers of safeguards, keeping out underage gamblers as well as protecting addicts from themselves.

12/31/2010

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West Virginia Considers Online Gambling

It seems that yet another state has been added to the growing list of United States that are considering establishing legalized intrastate online gambling systems in order to generate new funds for balanced budgets. While California, New Jersey and Florida have already made their respective appearances in the internet casino news columns, the most recent member to the club is that of West Virginia, which announced this week that their government might have to reconsider their current prohibition on internet gambling to get on board with the others.

Competitive pressure has been named as the motivating factor, with more states looking for solutions to generate tax funds without actually raising taxes. Online gambling, though technically illegal in the US, is a perfect fit, as millions of Americans continue to gamble online, bypassing the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) and betting in safe, regulated, offshore casinos every day.

According to a recent report by the Charleston Gazette, the fear of legalized online gambling hasn’t changed in West Virginia, with the majority of individuals still against the idea. The lead legal counsel for the West Virginia Lottery Commission, John Melton even admitted the fact, alongside the development of a new thought that it might not be so bad after all, considering that internet casinos are definitively the next frontier in gambling.

Melton said lawmakers in West Virginia have not yet addressed the issue, adding: "If everybody else does it, we'd probably do it as well,” opined Melton on the topic, though he was quick to avoid estimations as to when legalization in the conservative state might even be considered. The biggest key point will be the establishment of multiple layers of safeguards, keeping out underage gamblers as well as protecting addicts from themselves.