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to westmt01

the legislation does not prohibit any tranfers to firms "associated" with online gambling. The language is quite clear that only firms which carry out "betting or wagering as a business" are banned as receipiants of tranfers.

1) Neteller is exempt as it is under no due to comply with US law and to refuse such tranfers
2) Neteller does not carry out "the business of betting or wagering" and is therefore exempt from what the legislations refers to as a "restricted transaction".

This would be akin to the US gov attempting to put restrictions on foreign banks. Eg once you move your $$$$ from your US based bank or cc into Neteller or any other non-US financial institution then the US can have no further say as to what can be done with your $$$$.