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To enforce that ban, the bill would prohibit credit cards and other payment forms, such as electronic transfers, from being used to settle online wagers. It also would give law enforcement officials the authority to work with Internet providers to block access to gambling Web sites.
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Credit cards are already off-limits to Americans, and Neteller is based outside the US. The casinos are already offshore, and American laws make little difference to them. Somebody with some technical know-how may contradict me, but my understanding is going after ISPs one-at-a-time with injunctions is the equivalent of sweeping the ocean back with a broom.
Legally, though, the bill makes little difference to punters. It'll be just as legal after the bill, as it was before. The only difference will be, perhaps, greater awareness of the legal status of internet gambling.