Circumventing Restrictions...Publicly
It is no secret in the online casino gambling industry that the United States
has banned financial transactions between U.S. citizens and offshore internet
gambling companies. In fact, the U.S. internet gambling ban is the subject of
much international debate. And at the same time, U.S. online casinos players
have found a few ways around the financial transaction ban that allows them to
still funnel U.S. currency though various payment processors and eventually to
the internet gambling and poker sites. Naturally, although the U.S. is aware
that savvy internet gamblers have found ways to circumnavigate the system,
internet gambler still keep the activity on the down low.
But many U.S. online casino poker players are baffled with an internet poker
player who recently “spilled the beans” so-to-speak about how to go around U.S.
restrictions – and to an investigative reporter no less. The Full Tilt online
casino poker site is recently in the news because of the site’s many and varied
tournaments. But most American players feel the Full Tilt player crossed the
line, and most certainly compromised the current payment system by sharing all
of the nitty-gritty details with the television investigative reporter.
Though the American players that use the now compromised payment processing
process are in no danger as far as the law is concerned, those same online
casino poker players are concerned that the U.S. government now has too much
information on exactly how players defied the Unlawful Internet Gambling
Enforcement Act. Importantly, the UIGEA does not criminalize online casinos
gambling for the average American playing from their home – instead the Act
specifically targets any company that knowing processes or aids in the
processing of internet gambling transactions.
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