[Siegmund]

"Illegal" and "against the terms of service" are two different things.

Running a program like that in a place where internet gambling is banned could run him into a raft of federal and state criminal charges. Running it at a site where bots aren't allowed, on the other hand..... will get you banned from the site and your account balance taken away. Boo-hoo.

I think the law BBS poster was only asking about the former for his jurisdiction - not "can I run a bot on party poker" but "can the feds bust me if they see me cash this out". (In my home state, for instance, gambling socially in private games is legal but 'professional gambling' is a misdemeanor.)