Washington State only one Illegal?

[Checkov]

I want to know if Washington State is the only state where online gambling is illlegal for the online player? I'm not asking about Netellar and money transfers etc, but for the player.

[MoolahMuerte]

Depends - if the state bans a person from placing a wager in an unlicensed raked or percentage card game (i.e., not a home game), would you consider the person acting unlawfully if he/she did so over the internet?

If so, articles indicate about 20 - 25 states have laws against PLAYERS betting in illegal games or just general overall bans on gambling - other states only address the organizers - or have some specific laws addressing cardplaying.

LA expressly prohibits online gambling - and about 9 others have various anti-online gambling laws.

To be quite blunt, we have gone round and round on numerous forums discussing whether players are doing anything unlawful - since players are so rarely punished (even though by the letter of the law they may be guilty of a misdemeanor) its often hard to tell what the state's view is.

No federal law expressly addresses cardplaying.

[jkpoker]

WA and LA are the only 2 states with real penalties. I belive both are felonies.

[Reef]

its a felony in WA, but F their BS