Casino Operators Lobby For Online Casino Regulation

Online casino operators are really amping up their lobbying efforts now that their are positive signs for a regulated online casino industry in the U.S. With online casino gambling bills being presented in Congress and overwhelming support among the Democrats, online casinos are doing whatever they can to get some assurance that they will have a voice when it comes time to regulate the U.S. gambling industry.



It has been reported that online casinos have invested millions to sway U.S. legislators to regulate the industry in such a way that would benefit them. Speculation is that Party Gaming, PokerStars, and SportingBet have all hired lobbyists to represent their interests with the U.S. legislative body, but you can bet that many of the smaller online casino companies are being represented as well.



U.S. law requires that all lobbying expenditures be listed as a public record, and recent documents show that the offshore online casinos have spent tens of millions of dollars to try and sway the politicians to their favor. It’s easy to see that their is alot of money in the U.S. when it comes to online gambling, just by analyzing the lobbying expenditures of the top online casinos and how they’ve invested so much.



The fear among offshore online casino operators is that the U.S. casino companies will be given a huge advantage, and maybe even an unfair advantage over the foreign casino operators, and that is one of the main reasons why so much is being invested in their lobbying efforts. They want to be able to play on just as level of a playing field as the land-based casino companies in the United States.