Many of U.S. citizens still use their U.S. debit or credit cards in dozens if not hundreds of "off shore Internet casinos/sports books", even though this is against the law in the United States, disobeying any part of the legislation enacted by President Bush in October of 2006 (The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act). Americas Watchdog conducted a 10-month investigation into the very slimy world of on line gambling and Internet casinos and discovered that an average U.S. citizen has a about a 1 in 10 chance of ever winning at an Internet casino.

    Americas Watchdog studied a total of four major Internet casinos since November of 2006. These were "a U.K.-based casino (call center), a South Africa casino and two Antigua-based casino/sport books. All four casinos are offering "gaming-casino", "sport book services" or both to U.S. citizens. All four casinos were/are accepting "major credit card/debit card payments from major U.S. credit card/debit card issuers and U.S. banks". All four are operating in open violation of U.S. laws, according to Americas Watchdog.The company is concerned that some of the largest U.S. credit card/debit card issuers, and most U.S. banks are still allowing millions of U.S. citizens payment access to "gambling sites or Internet casinos". According to Americas Watchdog, "it's one of the best ways to get cheated, and even worse, an unsuspecting consumer may be giving their identity to organized crime". Internet casinos have nothing to do with real casinos in Las Vegas and in the opinion of Americas Watchdog, "the games could be fixed with altered computer gambling programing." Translation: a U.S. consumer may have little to no chance of ever winning.

    In the rare occasion that there was a win, things were complicated relative to the recieving money. Among the payments received by Americas Watchdog there were "checks" from a major U.S. bank and a major German bank or wire transfers. Americas Watchdog has supplied the U.S. IRS copies of the checks and wire transfers and is now formally asking the United States Department of Justice for an aggressive investigation and indictments. Americas Watchdog is also formally demanding that all major U.S. credit/debit card issuers, and U.S. banks, cease and desist from allowing any U.S. citizen or resident to utilize their credit or debit cards in any transaction involving a "on line casino, sports book or any type Internet gambling".

For more information visit http://americaswatchdog.com/.