The government focus was clearly on these payment institutions and not individual players, but its detrimental effects still reverberate in the online gaming industry.This kind of hostile behavior has pushed players from the USA towards offshore online casinos, but luckily, some US states have sanctioned all types of online gambling. In addition, the federal law dubbed “Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006”, which further complicated things by making it illegal for banks and other payment processors to accept and process payments connected to bets and wagers.
