There are rumors within the online gambling community that Microgaming casinos will pull out of the United States market entirely. The federal Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA), passed in 2006, is scheduled to take effect June 1. Though the law doesn’t ban online gambling, it does allow the government to go after financial institutions involved in transactions related to “unlawful” internet gambling. The law doesn’t define what types of internet gambling are unlawful, though, and that vagueness worries many online casinos, thinking that it could result in them not getting paid by those financial institutions.

As a result of the upcoming UIGEA implementation, Microgaming had already stopped taking new customers in the United States. Existing U.S. customers could continue to play on their sites, though. With June 1 rapidly approaching, though, the rumor is that Microgaming will pull out of the U.S. entirely, meaning that even the existing customers won’t be able to use their software. The result would be an inability for players in the United States to play at any online casino that uses Microgaming’s software, which includes the popular All Slots Casino, among others.

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