Is online sports betting legal?
Thursday, August 4th, 2011
Nowadays, there are millions of people that use many sports betting sites to lay their bet on different sports games like horse racing games or dogs racing games. The trend on online sports betting is increasing day by day. This mode of laying the bet is now considered to be the safest. The trend of online betting has increased since the recession hit the global market. Now these sports betting sites have become a way of income generation for thousands of people who lost their jobs during the recession phase.
Though online sports betting are getting famous day by day but still there are lots of people who have their views against the legality of this mode. Now the people have started questioning the operation of these sports betting sites keeping in mind the following facts:
- The interstate wire prohibits the regulation of the gambling games between states through any wired device (telephones or any other device). It was a topic for debate that whether the entire gambling process or just the sports gambling should be prohibited but after the dismissal of the case between the online casino players and a Credit Card Company this law was only applicable only to the sports betting. The department of justice said that the law is applicable to all gambling activities whether they are land based or online.
- After several years of the above mentioned case, the Barney bank proposed the Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act to the government. The Bank also claimed that if the government legalizes this Act then the US government will be getting millions of dollars in its national treasure. But this Act is still pending for approval.
- The Government of Antigua and Barbuda have filed a complaint against the United States with the WTO on the grounds of preventing them from participating in internet gambling. Even the WTO has taken their side thereby permitting them to penalize the US.
For the time being, more detailed analysis needs to be done on the online sports betting and it is not yet known whether the sports betting sites are deemed to be legal or not.


