so is it illegal

[walleyes]

After 60 minutes, I'm really confused. I thought playing on line from state where gambling is legal was ok so long as you report your winnings to IRS. CBS made it sound like all on line poker is illegal. Any one know the definitive answer.

[sthief09]

the media sucks

Excellent point, they're foul and they suck.

No it is not illegal to play poker online, despite CBS's claim that it is. The feds claim it is illegal but they have no statute to back it up with.

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No it is not illegal to play poker online, despite CBS's claim that it is. The feds claim it is illegal but they have no statute to back it up with.

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This is incorrect. Every state is different as you have to abide by the state laws in which you are connecting to the internet from.

Most states do not regulate what you do or do not do on the internet. They only regulate the operators and/or owners of the websites.

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The definitive answer is that there is no definitive answer. However, there is no federal law specifically outlawing online gambling.

The feds are trying to say that the Wire Act, which is the law bookies are prosecuted under, applies to internet gambling. The courts so far have not agreed. State law CAN prohibit online gambling, and some like Nevada do, although those laws are rarely enforced (as you've seen in photos of people playing at Party on a laptop while sitting at a table at a casino in Las Vegas).

As you saw on 60 Minutes, what anti-gambling politicians want to do is to go after the credit card companies and banks, so that you can't transfer money in or out. They tried prosecuting them under the Wire Act and it has so far failed. So now they're trying to pass a new law to prohibit transfer from a credit card or bank account to a gambling site.

The problem there is that there's already a middle-man: Neteller, FirePay, and others. They are not gambling organizations, so transfer from your bank to them would probably remain completely legal (while the politicians would claim a victory because their law would "make it harder" to wager online).

So, by and large, I don't think the average American citizen has much to worry about.

[Richard Berg]

But if it were made significantly harder to deposit money, the sea of fish wouldn't be as deep.

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But if it were made significantly harder to deposit money, the sea of fish wouldn't be as deep.

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My point is that it can't be made significantly harder than it already is.