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10-02-2006, 11:47 PM
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A Webmaster\'s Position: Am I Liable?
First, I apologize for adding to the topics on the latest 'news'.
I own a poker website, a forum actually, and am wondering what position I am in legally. I know that you guys aren't lawyers, but I'm interested in your opinions. I can expect a lot lower income from my site, with many advertisers pulling out and such, and even though I'm quite concerned about that, my MAIN concern is legalities. Keep in mind that I'm Canadian, but legally, when the new law is signed by Bush, if I keep my site up and running - just a poker forum with advertisements, am I violating anything? Like.. if I take a trip to the US, will I be handcuffed and sent off to jail? I'm interested in other poker webmasters' opinions as well. Thanks in advance. 
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10-02-2006, 11:54 PM
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Re: A Webmaster\'s Position: Am I Liable?
Don't travel to US.
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10-03-2006, 12:07 AM
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Re: A Webmaster\'s Position: Am I Liable?
Technically, you are not actually participating in the transfer of monies from player to casino/sports book/poker room, which part of this new law addresses. Also, technically, since the wire act wasn't updated the legality of anything but sportsbooks is still a grey area. As far as the ISP portion regarding blocking sites. Host your site in the UK. Put a very, very obvious warning on your site that visitors from the US must go to a "games-of-skill" portion of your site(which you should set up). To cover your ass a bit more you could also request that any affiliate program only pay you for players registering from a country where it's legal. Like UK. I'm not a lawyer & to be honest not even very bright. Just thought I'd add my .02
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