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TruePoker CEO,

Props to you from me as others, for your "cajones" and your interpretation. While obviously your interpretation can be viewed as self-serving, as you correctly note (and you are in fact an attorney if some here don't realize that IIRC), you are only obliged to follow the law as written, and have no obligation to follow any presumed intent. Thus if congress poorly worded the legislation to accomplish what they intended, in the same manner as if an attorney in any court in the land poorly drafted any motion or contract, then they just have to accept the consequences of same.

However I have a question. Is it not reasonable under your interpretation, to say that a sports betting site, which followed the theoretical sports book method of perfect line balancing, could also be in the legal clear here? Because they would thus just be "matching" the opposite bets of sports bettors at a given line, and would refuse a match without another bettor willing to bet opposite, in order that the book itself were not "matching", and thus possibly be "accepting" a bet or wager. Is this thinking of mine reasonable?


Edited to add: your PM box is full so please note thread I started in the zoo (internet gambling) addressed to you on other matters about your site.