Posted Mon Jan 03, 2005 11:48 pm GMT by superchiro123
so im reading all these and wondering if it is legal or not. I was thinking of playing real money on party poker in Illinois. Anyone know for sure?
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Posted Mon Jan 03, 2005 11:51 pm GMT by fonzerelli_79
in short - yes its legal
Posted Tue Jan 04, 2005 11:22 am GMT by MasterShake
| fonzerelli_79 wrote: | | in short - yes its legal |
Not necessarily. There are all sorts of questions regarding this because the US law is a little vague about it. But from what I've read, technically it is illegal.
Posted Tue Jan 04, 2005 3:34 pm GMT by suitedaces84
| superchiro123 wrote: | | . I was thinking of playing real money on party poker in Illinois. |
YOU FOOL, now they know your location, and you will surely pay for your crime. Destroy your hardrive while you still have a chance.
Posted Tue Jan 04, 2005 5:59 pm GMT by Scott1101
| fonzerelli_79 wrote: | | in short - yes its legal |
in short - no it's definitely not.
But obviously it's not being enforced right now so I wouldn't worry too much about it. But just to be clear, gambling "over wires" is 100% illegal in the United States.
Posted Wed Jan 05, 2005 10:02 am GMT by BigRed1
| Scott1101 wrote: | | fonzerelli_79 wrote: | | in short - yes its legal |
in short - no it's definitely not.
But obviously it's not being enforced right now so I wouldn't worry too much about it. But just to be clear, gambling "over wires" is 100% illegal in the United States. |
First IL has a law stating that internet gambling is NOT LEGAL (one of only 6 states).
See here for info:
http://www.gambling-law-us.com/State-Law-Summary/
Second I whish people would stop quoting "over wires", this DOES NOT include the internet, it is for VOICE traffic only. That is why the DOJ is trying other means to stop the online poker rooms from advertising on TV and such.
If "over wires" was the case, it would be very easy to block ALL gaming traffic from the border routers before leaving the US.
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