US Progressive Players
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The Casino Rewards casinos welcome players from USA.
Why did online casinos stop accepting US players? What happened?
Friday October 13, 2006 President Bush signed a bill with the principal purpose to tighten security measures for the nation's sea ports.Attached to that bill at the very last minute - in order to prevent Democrats running for re-election next month from stopping it - was a federal ban on banking institutions knowingly transferring funds to businesses or individuals that may conduct gambling operations in states and areas where gambling is prohibited.
The "Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act" goes after the money, not the millions of players, which would be nearly impossible to enforce.
It essentially tries to choke off the way Americans fund their gambling habits, hoping to prevent the transfer of dollars to the popular Internet sites.
More details about internet gambling ban may be found here
Is it legal for US players to gamble?
There were many attempts to regulate online gambling both in US and Europe. UK sports minister Richard Caborn was speaking at Ascot racecourse, west of London, at a summit of 32 international delegates, that agreed to a draft framework of regulation to protect consumers and prevent underage gambling and gambling addiction. The United States declined to attend, though, making US gamblers situation even more confusing.A 2005 survey commissioned by the American Gaming Assn. revealed that 4% of Americans gamble online, but 38% of them said they started last year, and 70% of them reported that they began betting online in the last two years.
US players generated about half of the revenues of $12 billion gambling market in 2006.
Is it legal to gamble for US customers?
The answer is depends on who to ask.
Those who want to stop internet gambling say it's illegal, while others say the law is against the US companies that make financial transactions for the industry, so Americans can play safely with credit cards or non US based electronic payment methods, available to US players .
In any case from pure legal point of view Americans can safely gamble online, except the states listed in the list below.
| ILLINOIS | IL |
| INDIANA | IN |
| LOUISIANA | LA |
| MICHIGAN | MI |
| NEVADA | NV |
| NEW JERSEY | NJ |
| NEW YORK | NY |
| OREGON | OR |
| SOUTH DAKOTA | SD |
| WASHINGTON | WA |
| WISCONSIN | WI |