According to a recent report published by cybersecurity vendor, Scansafe Ltd., US citizens are continuing to gamble online despite the passing of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act. Admittedly, U.S. citizens now have fewer options for making deposits and withdrawals at online casinos. Following the decision by Neteller to cease doing business with U.S. online gamblers, other payment processors have begun backing out of the market. However, start up companies are already beginning to fill the void, and U.S. gamblers are finding a way around the attempted roadblocks set in place by the DOJ.

Scansafe confirmed this in their recent report which shows that employees of Scansafe customers in the U.S. were continuing to visit online gambling sites. In fact the number of requested hits to gaming websites was up by 77% in the last week of January, 2007. To put this into context, Scansafe provides website blocking services to large companies seeking to regulate the types of websites that employees can visit. They process and examine over 6 billion hit requests each month. Although Scansafe cannot track whether or not real money bets are being placed with gaming sites, their is an expectation that U.S. citizens are continuing to place real money bets online.

While the increase in numbers could very well be attributed to U.S. players searching for new sites that will accept U.S. Dollars, the fact remains there is still a healthy demand for online casinos and internet betting. The supply side is certainly doing what it can to keep up.