I am not a legal adviser or legal aid or an attorney so take this with a grain of salt. do not base your legal or financial judgments on what I state here. This pretty much is a place for me to post links to the information I need to take to work and say “I TOLD YOU JERKS!”.
Many ask, some think not to ask, and some are just plain stubborn stupid and deep in denial on the subject. (we can call them addicts)
If you want the short answer. No it is not legal. From Maryland to southern California it is not legal to transfer funds to make a payment for gambling Safe Port Act. That is one simple law. Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 (UIGEA)
There are many laws that support the ones who online gambling to stop.
In the state of Texas it is illegal to gamble.
It is illegal to obtain money from gambling
it is illegal to obtain money without reporting it to the IRS.
It is illegal to obtain money and falsely report it’s origin to the IRS.
It is illegal to wire money through phone line or internet. Safe Port Act
Those are the simple laws we know since we left the fifth grade. I see a Jeff Foxworthy joke coming in a minute.
See the other day I was eating lunch with my boss and his son. They brought up online gambling. I decided to keep my opinion to myself about the whole subject.
(at one time I signed up to 15 online casinos, all 15 of them had me download and install some extra safety and security software. All fifteen had at least one virus. I was going to do a report on them but realized…. these freaks could be mafia. so I never finished the report and will not post names of the online casinos)
So I sat with my mouth shut. You know it’s my boss and well. He is a bit addicted to that crap. Then they asked the whole table ” Is online gambling legal in the u.s. ?” Everyone spoke their brown nosed opinion and I chimed in, I couldn’t hold it said “NO”. The whole table looked at me. The boss and his son decided to make fun of the fact that I said no.. . They where in some mockery event they decided to pull in my honor.
I ask ” Have you ever seen any online casinos advertised on tv?” Of course our office leeching mooch with his nose so deep in the bosses wrinkle stink chimed in “I have” so I called him on it “BullSH&t” . It is illegal to advertise Gambling in the united states has been illegal since 2003. back in 2002 Yahoo and Google pulled the ads out of their system to prevent issues. Web designers and owners know this. The Sporting News (TSN) got nailed 7.2 Million Dollars for waiting three years to pull down the online Gambling ads. (the casinos paid lots of money so the 7.2 was squat).
I know what the law states about it. as I said I was doing a bit of a write up back in the day when I thought you actually had to be super thorough about everything. Thank god those days are over. Now I can just copy and past and link you to it. Lot less work that way. Us laws against online Gambling. So now I am the negative guy who does not want to agree with anyone. Of course i have to post a link from some gambling focused website that dances some foolish way of making you think you can catch 22 the system.
Really it takes a fool to partake in that event. It is an electronic card. it is not a real piece of paper card that you would hold in your hand. just like you don’t gamble in a real life casino. They have cameras everywhere. The dealers have ear buds. You figure out what I am suggesting. just like you can’t beat the Texas Lottery. FYI the Texas Lottery is not owned by the state of Texas. It is an independent company that gets taxed by the state of Texas. Review and explanation of Texas lottery located on truxtertech.com.
Check your state to see if you can gamble.
if you would like me to sacrifice my computer and do a virus scan of the first 15 online casinos I find in google or bing or yahoo. Please respond and I will just download and scan and post results. I will not post my opinions =-\. Kinda scary stuff there.
Or if you have any requests or comments or disagreements please respond below.