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A USA gaming lawyer and respected author stated that online gambling in USA is not dead despite the passage of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act UIGEA as there will be increased demand by individual states for involvement in the activity and the revenues it can raise.

Martin Owens speaking in Spain during the sixth annual European Interactive Gaming Congress And Expo and ran over the ‘curious’ nature of state versus Federal law in the United States. He detailed the complexities and inconsistencies of the law and the apparent predilection of enforcement authorities to harass and intimidate vulnerable targets rather than focusing on issues of USA law that remain unresolved and involved.

Owens said that “Internet gambling and casino online are not dead in America!”

Edward Leyden, President of the Interactive Media Entertainment and Gaming Association IMEGA,  also spoke at the event in Barcelona and said that his organisation represented the wide interests of entertainment including on line casinos. He said that adults have the fundamental right to engage in games entertainment casino online and gambling and went on to give an impassioned summary of his organisation’s activities to date.

He praised Judge Mary Cooper, who is currently hearing a case IMEGA brought against the US Department Of Justice demanding a restraining order on the implementation of UIGEA, and stated that she was an erudite, fair and technology oriented official with conscientious attention to detail.

Leyden finally said “Following the hearing last week and without presuming to prejudge the issue, we came away feeling very confident in a fair and knowledgeable result from Judge Cooper”