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One other example--all the emphasis on the New Orleans federal district court opinion holding that poker is a game of skill and therefore covered under the Wire Act. I haven't read the decision but I did read a summary of the facts. Debtors sued by their credit card company claimed that their poker wagers constituted illegal wagers and therefore they should not have pay charges incurred on their credit cards.
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Were you refering to the decision cited in this article, about half way down, in the section titled, "Online Poker Is Not Illegal"?
Legal Landscape of Online Gaming Has Not Changed
"Judge Duvall ruled that the Wire Act only prohibited wagering on sports events and he dismissed all 33 cases, . . . "