How are they getting away with this (online poker)

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  • baddog
    So Fucking Banned
    • Apr 2001
    • 107089
    #1

    How are they getting away with this (online poker)

    http://www.sportsbook.com/

    I thought this was a no-no.
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    • fuzebox
      making it rain
      • Oct 2003
      • 22367
      #2
      Getting away with what exactly?

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        • StuartD
          Sofa King Band
          • Jul 2002
          • 29903
          #3
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            • baddog
              So Fucking Banned
              • Apr 2001
              • 107089
              #4
              Originally posted by fuzebox
              Getting away with what exactly?
              Allowing online poker for money in the US.

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                • tASSy
                  Spread The Pink!
                  • Nov 2004
                  • 8229
                  #5
                  Originally posted by baddog
                  Allowing online poker for money in the US.
                  maybe it's a bookie site that goes through an outside-of-the-US entity? just a guess, i have no idea. i thought that was illegal too.

                  bump for answers!

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                    • baddog
                      So Fucking Banned
                      • Apr 2001
                      • 107089
                      #6
                      Originally posted by tASSy


                      maybe it's a bookie site that goes through an outside-of-the-US entity? just a guess, i have no idea. i thought that was illegal too.

                      bump for answers!
                      I am sure it is, and I thought it was too.

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                        • aico
                          Moo Moo Cow
                          • Mar 2004
                          • 14748
                          #7
                          Two key sentences:
                          Telephone wagering is not accepted. This website is operated by Jassy Sports Events Limited, Vincenti Buildings, Suite 427, 14/19 Strait Street, Valletta, Malta.

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                            • ronaldo
                              Confirmed User
                              • Jan 2002
                              • 5475
                              #8
                              Well, I'm not sure, but I think all those sites are run offshore, no? Most of the big name poker players from the US are in some way affiliated with an online poker site though. Perhaps this is one of those laws where they only intend to prosecute the owners for allowing US players to play as opposed to prosecuting the actual players themselves? I dunno. I've wondered it myself.

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                                • eroswebmaster
                                  March 1st, 2003
                                  • Jul 2001
                                  • 20295
                                  #9
                                  It is not illegal to play poker on line. The UIGEA only addresses the funding of accounts. I still play on line every day, as do a ton of other people I know.

                                  You can still fund your accounts via check, some places take Visa along with a variety of other methods.

                                  I suggest if you want to continue to play poker on line, as well as reopen the ability to fund your accounts easily, you join the Poker Players Alliance.
                                  http://www.pokerplayersalliance.org/
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                                    • lazycash
                                      Troll Patrol
                                      • Aug 2002
                                      • 15214
                                      #10
                                      That's just one of over a 100 different places to play poker for money online. It harder now for USA residents to fund gambling accounts, but not illegal to play.
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                                        • ronaldo
                                          Confirmed User
                                          • Jan 2002
                                          • 5475
                                          #11
                                          Originally posted by eroswebmaster
                                          It is not illegal to play poker on line. The UIGEA only addresses the funding of accounts.
                                          I thought it was something like that, just wasn't sure.

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                                            • eroswebmaster
                                              March 1st, 2003
                                              • Jul 2001
                                              • 20295
                                              #12
                                              Originally posted by ronaldo
                                              I thought it was something like that, just wasn't sure.
                                              I didn't quite make myself clear. The UIGEA only addresses financial institutions, making it illegal for them to be involved with transactions involving "Unlawful gambling."

                                              Much like 2257 is burdensome for us, this act is the same for them, the government has not even come forth with regulations telling them how they will monitor all these transactions.
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