Online Casinos are safer than the Land Based Casinos

It seems that although people are wary of the online casinos, for fear of a rise in addicted gamblers, the online gamblers are actually safer than the land based casinos. In truth, there are more safeguards against compulsive gamblers in the online casinos than there are in the land based casinos.

A leading advocate for programs and services to assist problem gamblers and their families has announced that there is a theoretical opportunity to implement safeguards in a regulated environment to protect against compulsive Internet gambling in the United States.

The vast majority of people that gamble in the United States today are rarely identified. You can walk into a land based casino off the street, deposit a certain amount in cash, get your chips, and then you’re off! You can mortgage your house, use the proceeds in the casino and then proceed to sell your car in order to get more money. None of the casinos that you play in will be any the wiser.

However, when you play in the online casinos, where deposits are made thought accounts, there are more ways to track players, and make sure that they do not deposit irregular amounts of money. Such safeguards are as of now, to the discretion of the online casinos only, but a new piece of legislation, Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act (IGREA) introduced by Democrat Congressman Barney Frank, enforces these checks. This planned legislation would require licensed Internet gambling operators to put protections in place to combat compulsive gambling.

The regulatory framework proposed by Congressman Barney Frank in the Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act should be embraced by lawmakers as an opportunity to protect consumers and combat compulsive gambling. The safeguards exist, are proven to be effective and should be required by law.