Internet Gambling: Legal in US?

[manlymatt83]

Is it legal to bet on the superbowl, for instance, on one of those online gambling sites?

 

[josh0099]

no

 

[manlymatt83]

Originally posted by: josh0099
no

oh

so now what?

EDIT: They say they are legal in the US.

http://www.sportsinteraction.com

 

[spidey07]

Yes it's legal.

 

[josh0099]

Ok it is illegal for a bank to fund the transaction...and from the website at the bottom it says "Sports Interaction is fully licensed and regulated in North America" North America does not necessarily mean they are licensed in the US.

If you want to read up on it Text I think the one exception might be horse racing, but I am not 100%.

 

[manlymatt83]

Originally posted by: josh0099
Ok it is illegal for a bank to fund the transaction...and from the website at the bottom it says "Sports Interaction is fully licensed and regulated in North America" North America does not necessarily mean they are licensed in the US.

If you want to read up on it Text I think the one exception might be horse racing, but I am not 100%.

uh. OK, I was going to say oh crap until I saw that the law just bans websites from accepting funds... am I wrong?

 

[josh0099]

Originally posted by: manlymatt83

Originally posted by: josh0099
Ok it is illegal for a bank to fund the transaction...and from the website at the bottom it says "Sports Interaction is fully licensed and regulated in North America" North America does not necessarily mean they are licensed in the US.

If you want to read up on it Text I think the one exception might be horse racing, but I am not 100%.

uh. OK, I was going to say oh crap until I saw that the law just bans websites from accepting funds... am I wrong?

The law bans banks from accepting "gambling transactions" so if you do find a way to fund the transaction you may not be able to get it back if you do win anything.

 

[dud]

Originally posted by: josh0099

Originally posted by: manlymatt83

Originally posted by: josh0099
Ok it is illegal for a bank to fund the transaction...and from the website at the bottom it says "Sports Interaction is fully licensed and regulated in North America" North America does not necessarily mean they are licensed in the US.

If you want to read up on it Text I think the one exception might be horse racing, but I am not 100%.

uh. OK, I was going to say oh crap until I saw that the law just bans websites from accepting funds... am I wrong?

The law bans banks from accepting "gambling transactions" so if you do find a way to fund the transaction you may not be able to get it back if you do win anything.

Yup. You can still play at sites like Partypoker.com but, unless you are playing just for the fun of it ... what's the point? A good friend of mine is married to an obsessed gambler who would lose a (small) portion of his salary at one or more of those sites every week. When they enacted that law many sites just evaporated as most of their business was from the US. Lucky for him because without the "thrill" of loss ... she didn't see a point of playing anymore. Thank goodness for him.

 

[0roo0roo]

http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/con...tting-wins-are-taxable
its taxable

 

[slayer202]

Originally posted by: dud

Originally posted by: josh0099

Originally posted by: manlymatt83

Originally posted by: josh0099
Ok it is illegal for a bank to fund the transaction...and from the website at the bottom it says "Sports Interaction is fully licensed and regulated in North America" North America does not necessarily mean they are licensed in the US.

If you want to read up on it Text I think the one exception might be horse racing, but I am not 100%.

uh. OK, I was going to say oh crap until I saw that the law just bans websites from accepting funds... am I wrong?

The law bans banks from accepting "gambling transactions" so if you do find a way to fund the transaction you may not be able to get it back if you do win anything.

Yup. You can still play at sites like Partypoker.com but, unless you are playing just for the fun of it ... what's the point? A good friend of mine is married to an obsessed gambler who would lose a (small) portion of his salary at one or more of those sites every week. When they enacted that law many sites just evaporated as most of their business was from the US. Lucky for him because without the "thrill" of loss ... she didn't see a point of playing anymore. Thank goodness for him.

the laws seriously stopped a compulsive gambler from gambling? most of these sites still take most credit cards...

 

[manlymatt83]

more opinions?

 

[Colt45]

Why is bookmaking illegal in the "land of the free"?

 

[akshatp]

Originally posted by: Colt45
Why is bookmaking illegal in the "land of the free"?

It isn't.

 

[manlymatt83]

Originally posted by: akshatp

Originally posted by: Colt45
Why is bookmaking illegal in the "land of the free"?

It isn't.

it isn't?

 

[EagleKeeper]

Originally posted by: manlymatt83

Originally posted by: akshatp

Originally posted by: Colt45
Why is bookmaking illegal in the "land of the free"?

It isn't.

it isn't?

We have it so it must be legal.

It depends on the state you are in.

 

[manlymatt83]

Originally posted by: EagleKeeper

Originally posted by: manlymatt83

Originally posted by: akshatp

Originally posted by: Colt45
Why is bookmaking illegal in the "land of the free"?

It isn't.

it isn't?

We have it so it must be legal.

It depends on the state you are in.

federally it seems illegal

 

[akshatp]

Originally posted by: manlymatt83

Originally posted by: EagleKeeper

Originally posted by: manlymatt83

Originally posted by: akshatp

Originally posted by: Colt45
Why is bookmaking illegal in the "land of the free"?

It isn't.

it isn't?

We have it so it must be legal.

It depends on the state you are in.

federally it seems illegal

Ever been to Vegas?

 

[dakels]

I thought these guys got around a lot of these laws by having their servers in some weird countries with soft tax laws, like some native territory in Canada?

 

[EagleKeeper]

Originally posted by: akshatp

Originally posted by: manlymatt83

Originally posted by: EagleKeeper

Originally posted by: manlymatt83

Originally posted by: akshatp

Originally posted by: Colt45
Why is bookmaking illegal in the "land of the free"?

It isn't.

it isn't?

We have it so it must be legal.

It depends on the state you are in.

federally it seems illegal

Ever been to Vegas?

Every day when I am home.

Federally, it is illegal to transmit gaming funds by wire or the banking system within the US.

If you want to fly down to Costa Rica and open an account at BoDog, you can. BoDog can not send you back your winnings to the US - you have to arrange for them to be picked up.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: EagleKeeper

Every day when I am home.

Federally, it is illegal to transmit gaming funds by wire or the banking system within the US.

If you want to fly down to Costa Rica and open an account at BoDog, you can. BoDog can not send you back your winnings to the US - you have to arrange for them to be picked up.

That's not quite true. Horse Racing comes to mind, play online, all by ACH.

 

[EagleKeeper]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: EagleKeeper

Every day when I am home.

Federally, it is illegal to transmit gaming funds by wire or the banking system within the US.

If you want to fly down to Costa Rica and open an account at BoDog, you can. BoDog can not send you back your winnings to the US - you have to arrange for them to be picked up.

That's not quite true. Horse Racing comes to mind, play online, all by ACH.

I do not think that horse racing falls under the gaming umbrella.

 

[sjwaste]

Horse Races and Lottery are carveouts in the law.

 

[manlymatt83]

Originally posted by: EagleKeeper

Originally posted by: akshatp

Originally posted by: manlymatt83

Originally posted by: EagleKeeper

Originally posted by: manlymatt83

Originally posted by: akshatp

Originally posted by: Colt45
Why is bookmaking illegal in the "land of the free"?

It isn't.

it isn't?

We have it so it must be legal.

It depends on the state you are in.

federally it seems illegal

Ever been to Vegas?

Every day when I am home.

Federally, it is illegal to transmit gaming funds by wire or the banking system within the US.

If you want to fly down to Costa Rica and open an account at BoDog, you can. BoDog can not send you back your winnings to the US - you have to arrange for them to be picked up.

So if you fund an account and it works (before knowing the law), should you forfeit the money won voluntarily?

 

[dud]

Originally posted by: slayer202

Originally posted by: dud

Originally posted by: josh0099

Originally posted by: manlymatt83

Originally posted by: josh0099
Ok it is illegal for a bank to fund the transaction...and from the website at the bottom it says "Sports Interaction is fully licensed and regulated in North America" North America does not necessarily mean they are licensed in the US.

If you want to read up on it Text I think the one exception might be horse racing, but I am not 100%.

uh. OK, I was going to say oh crap until I saw that the law just bans websites from accepting funds... am I wrong?

The law bans banks from accepting "gambling transactions" so if you do find a way to fund the transaction you may not be able to get it back if you do win anything.

Yup. You can still play at sites like Partypoker.com but, unless you are playing just for the fun of it ... what's the point? A good friend of mine is married to an obsessed gambler who would lose a (small) portion of his salary at one or more of those sites every week. When they enacted that law many sites just evaporated as most of their business was from the US. Lucky for him because without the "thrill" of loss ... she didn't see a point of playing anymore. Thank goodness for him.

the laws seriously stopped a compulsive gambler from gambling? most of these sites still take most credit cards...

Yes. HE has the credit cards, she does not. End of story.

 

[manlymatt83]

Originally posted by: dud

Originally posted by: slayer202

Originally posted by: dud

Originally posted by: josh0099

Originally posted by: manlymatt83

Originally posted by: josh0099
Ok it is illegal for a bank to fund the transaction...and from the website at the bottom it says "Sports Interaction is fully licensed and regulated in North America" North America does not necessarily mean they are licensed in the US.

If you want to read up on it Text I think the one exception might be horse racing, but I am not 100%.

uh. OK, I was going to say oh crap until I saw that the law just bans websites from accepting funds... am I wrong?

The law bans banks from accepting "gambling transactions" so if you do find a way to fund the transaction you may not be able to get it back if you do win anything.

Yup. You can still play at sites like Partypoker.com but, unless you are playing just for the fun of it ... what's the point? A good friend of mine is married to an obsessed gambler who would lose a (small) portion of his salary at one or more of those sites every week. When they enacted that law many sites just evaporated as most of their business was from the US. Lucky for him because without the "thrill" of loss ... she didn't see a point of playing anymore. Thank goodness for him.

the laws seriously stopped a compulsive gambler from gambling? most of these sites still take most credit cards...

Yes. HE has the credit cards, she does not. End of story.

Too many dangling whatchamacallits. Is the gambling addict the guy or the girl, and is your friend the guy or the girl?

A good friend of mine is married to an obsessed gambler who would lose a (small) portion of his salary at one or more of those sites every week

A small portion of his salary as in your friends' salary, or a small portion of his salary as in the gambler was a guy and he lost his salary...