There is a growing movement on the Web which seeks to petition the United States government to overturn the recently passed Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA). With sites like the the Poker Players Alliance and Association of Professional Casino Webmasters openly speaking out, the word is spreading about the biased and corrupted actions of UIGEA legislator, Senator Bill Frist, and how the passing of the UIGEA was done in a shameful and unconstitutional manner.

No matter one's view on the morality of online casino gambling, the fact remains that the UIGEA is a partial and unconstitutional bill that a vast majority of U.S. citizens are joining together to protest. Several players have already signed a petition posted at http://us-gamblers.com, which after receiving one-million signatures, will be sent to a newly Democratic majority U.S. Congress.

Understandably, there are some players who believe that if the U.S. government decides to regulate online casinos and poker rooms, massive regulation and taxes will change the landscape of the online gambling industry for the worse. With several large brick and mortar casinos in Vegas and elsewhere devising plans to build their own gaming sites for the day when the UIGEA is overturned, some players are predicting the internet will be monopolized by land based companies. Las Vegas based International Gaming Technology (IGT) owns the European internet gaming software developer, WagerWorks, which could easily branch into the U.S. facing market.

Yet, despite these worries, the bottom line is that the internet is a place where competition works its best possible advantages. Established internet casino software providers in today's market, like Microgaming and Cryptologic, will certainly be there to give land-based operators a run for their money if they ever decide to compete on the Web. In the meantime, players are being urged to lend their voices to the fight against the UIGEA and bring light to the carve-outs, hypocrisy and unconstitutionality this bill was founded on and continues to propagate.

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