Any online gamblers who wanted to get a feel for where Delaware Senate candidates stood on the issue came away disappointed from the Christine O'Donnell debate with Chris Coons. The two candidates squared off on several issues, none of which involved online gambling.

This November, voters will go to the polls in the US for mid-term elections, and online gamblers will make up a large percentage of those voters. After years of struggling through having to use offshore Internet gaming sites, these voters are looking for someone to come along that will champion their cause of creating a regulated Internet gambling system in the US.

For the past several years, Representative Barney Frank has been the voice of the online gamblers in Congress. Rep. Frank opposed the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act when it was created back in 2006, and for several years Frank has tried to have the law overturned.

Unfortunately for Frank and other Democratic leaders, they have not moved quick enough for online poker players. The players are getting restless after another year of no movement towards online gambling regulations, and it is the current lawmakers up for re-election that may pay the price for that frustration.

"We need someone who is going to take this bull by the horns and make a difference for us," said Mario Ballea. "For years we have watched nothing get done, and personally, I've had enough. I want a lawmaker in Washington that will fight harder than the current lawmakers are fighting to regulate online poker."

Ballea is not alone, millions of online poker players are becoming increasingly impatient with the governments attempt to block them from depositing money in their favorite sites. Whether that anger shows up in this election will not be known until the polls close.

One thing is certain. The online gamblers are looking for a new leader, so they sift through the candidates. On Wednesday, it was O'Donnell and Coons in Delaware, on another day it will be different politicians in other states. Regardless of the debate, online gamblers are looking for more than they received Wednesday night, and that was neither candidate addressing their biggest issue.

October 14, 2010
Posted By Larry Rutherford
Staff Editor, CasinoGamblingWeb.com
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