With the introduction of a bill aimed at regulating online gambling, representative John Campbell has put the discussion on online gambling legislation back on the political agenda of the U.S. federal policy makers.

The New Online Gambling Bill The newly introduced online gambling bill is pretty similar to H.R. 2267, which was introduced by Barney Frank, passed the House Financial Servicemittee, but was never voted on in time before congress was re-elected. As the current Congress has a Republican majority, legalization of online gambling at the federal level seemed as far away as ever. Despite this bleak outlook, Campbell – who is a Republican himself – decided to give it a go and re-open the debate in the House Financial Servicesmittee.

A Difficult Journey With the Republican majority and the fact that the chairman of themittee Spencer Bachus is fiercely against legalized online gambling, finding enough support for this new anti-UIGEA bill will be a difficult journey.

State Gambling Laws In the mean time it are the developments at the state level that have been, and in some cases still are, most promising. New Jersey was on the verge of bing the first U.S. state to legalize online gambling, but it´s Governor used his veto to prevent this from happening.

Nevada, Hawaii, and Iowa are all considering if their online gambling laws could be revised, although these considerations until now have been limited to the potential legalization of online poker. 

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