There are a lot of injustice that have been done in the United States with regards to online casinos and online gambling.  However, there is one thing that I do not know if I can get on the case of the United State government about.  The Department of Justice has gone after a handful of gambling operators that condone online sportsbooks.  Wagering on sports is not legal in the United States except in Las Vegas.  Everywhere else the practice has been banned.

The reasoning behind banning sports wagering is to maintain the integrity of sports in the United States.  While I want to support all things related to online casinos, the companies that took sports wagers from United States citizens had to know they were playing with fire.  Although the Wire Act was created long before online casinos it does clearly state sports wagering as illegal.  The other laws do not clearly define online gambling, but sports betting is sports betting no matter how it is done.

Now the ban on sports betting is not exactly the best way to achieve the goal of reducing unethical practices in sports.  You can bet major wagers are made on important American sporting events in the million and maybe even billions, but the gambling market is underground.  When things go underground they are out of the public eye and they are almost impossible to regulate. 

In some European countries online sports betting has been legalized so that law enforcement can keep tabs on irregular betting trends.