If at first you do not succeed.  Try, try again.  That is the approach the Internet Media Entertainment and Gaming Association has taken with the task of regulating online casinos.  The Interactive Media Entertainment and Gaming Association, otherwise known as iMEGA, has really taken the reigns as the premier organization fighting for the rights of online casino providers in the United States.

While iMEGA certainly recognizes the efforts being made in Washington to regulate online casinos, they are painfully aware how delayed and tied up things can get on the Federal level.  That is the reason why initiative one a state level excite the organization so much.

“The efforts to resolve the Internet gambling issue have stalled in Washington DC,” said Interactive Media Entertainment and Gaming Association Chairman Joe Brennan. 

“If states assert their right to regulate gambling within their borders and take a serious look at permitting Internet gambling, one side effect may be a breaking of the deadlock in the US Congress.” 

New Jersey, a state that has seemingly exhausted their options for gambling expansion, is set to push the envelope even further.  Senator Raymond Lesniak has proposed the making it legal for Atlantic City brick and mortar venues to provide casino games like blackjack, roulette, and slots over the Internet.  This is essentially giving them the rights to operate online casinos, but worded the other way it does not seem so much like legalizing online casinos that it does provide online gambling options beyond online horse wagering and lottery.