There are many rumors circulating that US players will have to wait until 2011 before online casinos have a possibility of being legally available for play in the US. This rumor has some truth to it due to the proposed legislation from the US congress that will essentially and eventually regulate the industry of online casinos in the United States, many issues have been brought up for the last quarter of 2009 by Congressman and other industry experts, which means it might take a little longer for them to resolve these issues.

If these problems regarding the proposed legislation aren’t resolved soon and don’t get to the floor of the senate and house by the end of the year, then the issue won’t be pushed again until 2010. Then, if the legislation passes both branches of legislature, it will be up to the President to sign it into law. Even after that it could be some time before all the measures of this legislation will fully be implemented.

So we’ll just have to sit back and be patient and wait for things to work themselves out. It’s in the hands of the government now and the minds of Congressmen and the president is focused on healthcare reform right now. This topic is very likely to take up much of the time on the Senate floor, pushing online gambling legislature even farther back. If you are waiting to gamble online under the official endorsement of the U.S. government, it might be some time before you get to. Until the government fully processes everything that needs to be addressed with healthcare reform, they could very well neglect the casino industry.