At the end of September 2006 the U.S. Senate introduced "The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act 2006". It wasn't so much introduced as pushed through at the back end of the "Safe Port Act", to which some commentators have taken exception. This has caused a flurry of anxiety and (some would say) hysteria among players, website owners and online gambling affiliates alike. But what does the new law actually mean? This article has a look at the facts behind the new legislation

The first clue is in the wording of the Act itself; it is an enforcement Act. In other words it enforces previous and existing law where legality of gaming has already been established as a matter of precedent, and also the legality and illegality of different types of gaming already existing