New Hampshire was set to be the first state with it’s own online casino, a move by their lottery commission designed to increase revenue in the face of a recent decline. While the UIGEA ban would normally have prevented such a move, the lottery commission found a rather clever way around the UIGEA regulations. Since lottery tickets are already sold at land based outlets around the state, the commission will simply add online casino vouchers to the tickets being sold. These will have a code that can be entered to make a corresponding deposit in the casino. New Hampshire lawmakers seem to have been caught off guard by all of this though, and have insisted that the opening of the casino be delayed. Since 2006 the word online casino has made US politicians uneasy, and it seems that this is what is happening in New Hampshire. The lottery commission has what they consider to be a good plan though, and they’re hoping that it continues to move forward. Many European countries use online casinos as a way to increase tax revenue. Some use the same kinds of systems as New Hampshire, a state run monopoly on the casinos. While in the UK casino operators are encouraged to set up shop there and take players from all over the world, with the operators paying taxes to the government, rather than the players.