The online gambling industry was having a blast in the start of the last decade from 2001 to 2006. The casinos would make a huge killing off players and the players could use various means to pay online. But all of sudden the party came to a halt as the USA casinos had a dreaded time in 2006 when President Bush brought the Unlawful Internet Gaming Enforcement Act which came into effect in 2010. The act is aimed at stopping money laundering. But make one thing clear, this law does not make gambling illegal by any means.

The law intended to restrict money launder not USA casinos from accepting players from US or any other country for that part. Out of almost 2000 casinos online roughly around 150+ accept US players. Small number if you consider the fact that US has most players who would like to gamble. This happened due to the law as the casinos thought it would be easy to stop accepting US players than to deal with the deposit issue. This led to most players quitting to gamble but the interest came back in the past couple of years but the fear is still there.