Ethical Analysis of Online GamblingIntroductionOpen your email over a long weekend and you will likely find a plethora of online casino advertisements. “Welcome bonus up to $150 free! » Ask the traditional land-based casino player if they would play online and their first reaction would probably be "Are you crazy?" When playing at land-based casinos, the games are likely to be fair because the consequences of cheating by casino operators are dire. Casinos offering rigged games will permanently lose their gaming license. Land-based casino players are also virtually guaranteed that any winnings they accumulate will be paid out. However, internet casinos are generally unregulated and do not offer any of these guarantees. Nonetheless, online gaming has attracted a huge global audience. Online casinos cater to the lucrative market of stay-at-home gamblers who only need a bank account and Internet access to participate in online gambling. However, online gaming poses unique ethical issues for society.BackgroundThe Internet has opened the gaming industry to a whole new range of consumers. Most states in the United States have some form of legal gambling, ranging from state lotteries to bingo. However, to participate in the more exotic casino games such as blackjack, poker and slot machines, one had to travel to Nevada, Indian reservations or on gambling boats. Today, all that all you have to do is install casino software on your computer and you can experience online gambling from the comfort of your home. Some online casinos offer games on websites, so you don't even have to install anything. Players no longer need to fly to Las Vegas to play slots....... middle of paper ......tte, (February 13, 2003).29. "Voters approve a lottery", (November 6, 1984).30. “Sector report: online gambling”, NetImperitive, , (May 2002).31. Spinello, Richard A., Frameworks for Ethical Analysis, .32. Pastore.33. Locke, John, The Second Treatise of Civil Government, , (1690).34. Declaration of Independence, , (July 4, 1776).35. Longstreet, Stephen, Winning or Losing: A Social History of Gambling in America (Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1997), p. 31.36. Ibid., p... 37.