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iMEGA Fighting Feds On Online Gambling

iMEGA – Interactive Media Entertainment & Gaming Association – a lobbying group for the legalization of online gambling in the United States, has decided to continue their fight against the government over the topic of online poker and other casino games. They filed a notice in the 3rd U.S. Court of Appeals challenging the dismissal of their lawsuit against the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act that was put into effect in 2006 and they are doing so with a vengeance. The act restricts any financial transaction that has to do with gambling online.

The challenge comes after a district court in New Jersey upheld the act, stating that the government’s ruling was proper and that gambling cannot be considered a form of ‘free speech’. This ruling actually helped iMEGA’s standing and enforced their legal right to initiate a lawsuit. This in itself is actually a small win for the whole online poker community. It is believed that any subsequent legal proceedings will bring the issue more visibility and hope for the online gambling set.

This is not the only gambling case currently sitting on court dockets across the United States. There was a hearing before the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade and Technology where Rep. Barney Frank, a Democrat from Massachusetts was planning on arguing his case for legalization of online gambling. Frank calls the UIGEA act ‘one of the stupidest things I ever saw’. He has proposed a bill that will shake the act right off its foundation if it’s passed. It would legalize and license Internet gambling in the United States.
Even the European Commission has joined the fight against the gambling act passed in 2006, stating that the actions of the American government has hurt them and the revenues that could have potentially been made from American players.

The global gambling industry has been affected by what they perceive as a hastily written law that was pushed through Congress without proper consideration. The law, which was passed at the last minute by President Bush, was attached to a bill that had absolutely nothing to do with online poker or casino games. It was attached to a bill to improve security at ports of entry into the United States - hidden some suggest so as not to arouse opposition.

Many online poker players who have suffered from the ramrod legislation have sarcastically started calling the law by its real name of the SAFE Port Act.

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Comps for Gamblers Disappearing Rapidly

For the last thirty years, patrons at casinos were able to get some great comps when they played at their favourite casinos. Today, less and less are offering free meals, discounted room prices, and show tickets to their gamers. The reason? The economic slump the United States is currently experiencing. Casinos in Atlantic City saw a major revenue decline in 2007 and out-of-state establishments catering to slot machines stole most of the casinos’ valuable and reliable customers.

While some of the Atlantic City casinos feel that the impending economic recession is a good reason to cut back on the freebies they offer their patrons, others feel that the freebies are what keep their customers coming back night after night. The casinos are beginning to look for ways to attract richer players and ease away from the blue-haired senior crowd that has been a staple of their business for the better part of thirty years. The value of freebies handed out last year was down by 2.4%, the Trump Plaza and the Tropicana seeing significant decreases.

Players are feeling the crunch and they are seeing less and less freebies every time they visit the Atlantic City Casinos. The management staff is going to have to take a real hard look at this situation. Slot machines just over the border in Pennsylvania are very attractive to a patron who feels slighted when they used to feel like a VIP.

The casinos in Atlantic City spent $1.63 billion in freebies all told in 2007 and even though these may have to be what is cut in order to keep from going under, the management recognizes that it is not going to be easy. Instead of cutting them all together, the casinos in Atlantic City are starting to switch their focus and add Las Vegas style attractions, such as spas, shopping outlets, and gourmet restaurants to attract a more upmarket crowd.

Each casino is handling the economic crunch differently, another reason why the comps debate is going on in the city. While Trump Plaza handed out less room comps, they handed out more free drinks. The Tropicana pulled back on their cash handouts, but Bally’s gave out more free rooms. The Borgata evened out with their free room comps but gave out no cash comps, and Harrah’s doubled their spending on entertainment comps. Until they all agree on how to handle the comp situation, their regular customers will continue coming around.

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