Barney Frank plans to introduce a bill against UIGEA in March

Barney Frank is getting ready to propose anti-Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) passed in 2006 next month.

Frank has been opposing this act ever since it was passed. Frank’s vocal opposition to the UIGEA was reinforced recently. In one of the interviews and conferences as a new Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Frank told that he planned to propose an online gaming legislation making online poker games legal. On February 20, Reuters confirmed his statement by highlighting the bill would be introduced next month.

There are different opinions about the causes of the bill: it can be the report that the European Union was considering filing a complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO) regarding to the United States enforcement of the UIGEA as the bill is forcing online gaming companies to lose U.S. customers; it might also be the case of Anurag Dikshit, PartyGaming founder, when he had to pay fines of $300 million to the U.S. government.

Nevertheless, it is not known whether Frank will reintroduce one of his prior legislation or construct a new bill.