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UIGEA Among Worst Bans Ever

A Hawaiian newspaper has named the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act as among the dumbest bans ever enacted by factions of the U.S. government. The UIGEA is the law that prohibited gambling transactions between American citizens and casino companies. The UIGEA has garnered no end of criticism from factions critical of the restrictions on person liberties and financial freedoms implicit in the legislation. The Hawaiian Reporter may not be as potent a critic as the World Trade Organization, but its lambasting of the UIGEA is one that can certainly be construed as timely and appropriate.

The Hawaiian Reporter listed bans on sex toys, bottled water, and cancer drugs in individual U.S. states as some of the biggest legislative boners ever committed. The UIGEA was the only national-level legislation mentioned in the opinion piece, which ran recently. The Bush-era legislation is one that ought to be scrapped, the piece stated- a sentiment that many others undoubtedly concur with. The principle behind the Reporter’s derision of the ban is not only the frivolity of the law on paper, but the threat to civil liberties that is implies by the Big Brother-esque legislation. This is not to mention that the U.S. is really shooting itself in the foot with regards to untold economic opportunities by taxing legalized gambling transactions.

Here at SlotsData.com, we obviously feel that the UIGEA needs to be repealed as soon as possible for any number of reasons. We are thrilled to see that people are really starting to take notice of the ridiculousness of the ban, and speaking out against it and in favor of abolishing it.

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