[Poker monkey]

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I asked a family friend who is a lawyer to look at this a little bit, here is his conclusion. Do we have any questions for him?

I have had a couple of clients that dealt with on-line gaming and had websites of this nature.

My legal opinion confirmed that when someone establishes on-line gaming sites and invites visitors to play, they are committing an illegal offence under the criminal code.

As a result, I want to let you know a couple of things:

1) doubtful that you will recoup any monies unless you had the backing and support of the Procureur General du Quebec which represents the government
2) difficult for you to sue for damages since on-line gaming is illegal
3) If you decide to sue, you will have to probably do so via a class action lawsuit with one representive representing an entire group....if this is done, then maybe you will be taken a little more seriously, however, you are probably dealing with shaddy people and with shaddy people comes shaddy troubles to which they have no urge to conform to any laws..
4) If it represents the Khanawake reserve and commission, they might be excluded from conforming to the laws of Canada because they are an indian reserve and have exemptions under the laws of Canada.


hope this helps,,,but I am sure that it raises more questions...

later,

XXX

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Online poker is perfectly legal in most countries - certainly in the UK, where the law has just changed specifically so that servers can be located on the mainland. So this guy's main premise is flawed.

How international / internet law works and under what jurisdiction you could bring a lawsuit I don't know (not being a lawyer) - but I'm certain these people aren't above the law.