Online casinos accepting US players may have been a rarity a few years back, but not anymore. Back in 2006 The United States Government passed a bill called the Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, or UIGEA. This bill was the prohibition era all over again for online gamblers. No American could become a member of online casinos or perform money transfers to these sites, especially if they were from abroad.
But since 2011 this senseless bill was been modified with an Act that allows local and international online casinos to accept US players if they comply with the terms and conditions of UIGEA. Thus a niche of online casinos now accept US players and it is completely legal to open an account with them. Many of these casinos are the same long time players from the UK, but they have created a “brother” casino just to comply with American conditions.
Still, American players should revise if their state law allows online gambling as the law is established by each individual state. New York and Maryland are two states that have heavy restrictions on online casinos. During the signing-up process a casino may ban users from these state. Most commonly the transaction is rejected when US players attempt to deposit funds from a local bank.
