THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION WONT WORK...PERIOD

[Berge20]

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Berge - it was one of the reasons why I wanted to make the post - to ask if anyone knows of the specific US legislation that prohibits US citizens from placing bets/playing poker using the internet?

This new legislation certainly doesnt prohibit it as I have argued. It refers to some "unlawful internet gambling" which it then kindly doesnt define other than refer to "any existing Federal and State law"

What exactly are these Federal or State laws (if any) that purport to make internet gambling illegal? If there are not any in existance then the maker of this bill (Frist) has produced a null law - completely ineffectual.

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I agree that this new language does not add any additional statute that covers exactly what Internet gambling is or is not, which may ultimately be its undoing.

However, I'm still not sure about the legal successes that could come from saying Internet gambling falls (or does not) under the wire act. That may be a court battle that has to cruise through the ranks if DoJ pursues this new law with any vigor.

Plus, as we are seeing...the actual statute may be less damaging to poker than what sites and banks will do on their own.