Re: A question on the legality .... and the best answer is Yes.
I like Nelson, he is a nice guy. He is basically correct that you cannot know "for sure", but I do not think it is very murky.
You hypothetically could set up an offshore entity for contracting with the site(s). Get paid offshore as well, but report your income for US/State personal income taxes. Again, think WPT.
(Privately held poker operators set up offshore, not because they necessarily think the US-facing poker operation is illegal, but because they do not want to be the test case.)
Under the facts you described, you should be okay, but a zealous Assistant US Attorney somewhere could see it differently. However, though your original hypothetical circumstances should never come to anyone's attention in the US, the last scenario could bring your activites under more likely scrutiny than the original hypo.
You could try a lawyer named Tony Cabot in Las Vegas at Lewis & Roca or Chuck Humphries in Denver (?). I do not know what they would tell you.
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