In 2006, the U.S. enacted the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, which outlawed Internet gambling and restricted how financial institutions could pay monies to Internet gambling sites. The UIGEA resulted from four major policy concerns of the federal government. First, the Internet was too easy a venue for compulsive gamblers. Second, the age of Internet gamblers could not easily be determined. Third, lack of regulation made it easy to defraud gamblers and rig the odds. Fourth, the anonymity of the Internet made online gambling a medium for potential money laundering.