Today gambling develops on a substantial scale and reached even Internet. Many laws and amendments were passed to limit gambling activities. However while most ground-based casinos suffer from the new laws online gambling is flourishing. Nowadays you can see many ads on the Net that promote various Internet gambling venues and invite people from everywhere to wager online and spend cash on gambling. However, is it really so easy to earn real money on the Net from all corners of the planet?
It is not astonishing that most online and ground-based gamblers come from the USA. The world's centre of gambling, Las Vegas, where a number of the biggest and famous ground gambling venues are located, is situated in the US, the state of Nevada. Most of the Internet gambling halls are based in the Caribbean countries and such business brings good money for the local budget and creates additional jobs for the local residents.
According to the Justice Department Internet gambling is not legal in most areas of the USA and the use of the communication wires for wagering is banned by the Federal Wire Act. Thus the law doesn't permit Internet gambling portals to accept bets from the US players by credit cards. However the law does not deal with another kind of gambling that is why many states do not ban land casinos. It is also impossible to control gambling companies in the other countries where the legislation does not ban it. In any case, the number of alternative deposit methods allows the gamblers from different countries play blackjack, slot games, other card games or roulette at online casinos.
The start of Internet gaming business without the license is not legal in the United States. Still, if the owner of the gambling establishment is going to get license there are no any commissions granting gaming licenses in the United States. The World Trade Organization which controls the US actions forbidding gambling agrees with the regulations that forbid gambling video slot machines in Massachusetts, Louisiana, Utah, and South Dakota.
Some of the European countries, for instance the United Kingdom, start to legalize Internet gaming. Of course, the licensing of all Internet gambling halls will aid to prevent fraud and better the gambling conditions for all the gamblers. What is more, it will help the government to fight against the under-age gambling and make online casinos safer than it used to be. This question is still topical one and draws attention of many people and public organizations.