• We’re currently investigating an issue related to the forum theme and styling that is impacting page layout and visual formatting. The problem has been identified, and we are actively working on a resolution. There is no impact to user data or functionality, this is strictly a front-end display issue. We’ll post an update once the fix has been deployed. Thanks for your patience while we get this sorted.

Internet Gambling: Legal in US?

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%.
 
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%.
Click to expand...

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

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

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.
 
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%.
Click to expand...

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

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.
Click to expand...


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.
 
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%.
Click to expand...

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

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.
Click to expand...


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.
Click to expand...

the laws seriously stopped a compulsive gambler from gambling? most of these sites still take most credit cards...
 
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?
 
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"? 😕
Click to expand...

It isn't.
Click to expand...

it isn't?
Click to expand...
We have it so it must be legal.

It depends on the state you are in.
Click to expand...

federally it seems illegal
Click to expand...

Ever been to Vegas?
Click to expand...
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.

 
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.
Click to expand...

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

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

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

 
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"? 😕
Click to expand...

It isn't.
Click to expand...

it isn't?
Click to expand...
We have it so it must be legal.

It depends on the state you are in.
Click to expand...

federally it seems illegal
Click to expand...

Ever been to Vegas?
Click to expand...
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.
Click to expand...

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

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

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.
Click to expand...


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.
Click to expand...

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


Yes. HE has the credit cards, she does not. End of story.
 
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%.
Click to expand...

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

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.
Click to expand...


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.
Click to expand...

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


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

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
Click to expand...

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...
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Back
Top