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Technically, any US online casino is running illegally if they take bets:
"Whoever being engaged in the business of betting or wagering knowingly uses a wire communication facility for the transmission in interstate or foreign commerce of bets or wagers or information assisting in the placing of bets or wagers on any sporting event or contest, or for the transmission of a wire communication which entitles the recipient to receive money or credit as a result of bets or wagers, or for information assisting in the placing of bets or wagers, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both." According to the Department of Justice, the Wire Act does indeed prohibit internet gambling. But according to Professor Nelson Rose, this law only applies to those in the business of betting or wagering. As such, it does not apply to the common player; only the "house" or business will be punished."
This is why some US based casinos do not take bets from inside the US (like the one I used to work for). The trouble is the laws were written to prevent money laundering they didn't know about the internet. The laws have not caught up with technology, when and if they ever will, has been long debated in the online gambling community.
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