Technology Knows Best
 August 23, 2007, 7:22 am (1 year ago)On September 1, 2007 England will put into effect its new laws and regulations regarding online gambling in the country. While countries such as England are determined to allow Internet gambling, other countries, like the United States, are struggling to decide which route poses the best option on this controversial issue.
Opponents of online gambling have long been concerned about the amount of underage gambling that takes place via online gambling sites. In fact, the US considers puts this at the heart of its debate over the legality of online gambling websites. Although the Unites States is moving towards a complete ban of all online gambling as a means to inhibit underage gamblers, other prospective solutions are surfacing.
It has been suggested that certain technologies have the ability to prevent underage gambling. American firms, like the
Safe and Secure Internet Gambling Initiative (SSIGI), say that innovative verification technologies have been developed to make these determinations regarding underage players. When employed, such technologies will only allow legal-aged gamblers to utilize the online gambling website.
The United Kingdom, in fact, has been utilizing similar technology already. They claim that the use of underage gambling protection has proved more capable of identifying underage players than scanning a driver’s license. Overall, the hope is that these technological advancements in online gambling will help sway skeptical believers and perhaps turn the tide on the pressure to ban online gambling in the United States.
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