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How it All Went Down

The Betcha.com case is back in the online casino industry radar as the case goes all the way to the Washington State Supreme Court this week and soon the SC will hand down the final word in the case. The progression of the case has been going on for quite some time and it all really started with the UIGEA and the national federal ban on foreign online casinos operating in the market. As all of the gambling sites began to exit the US market, there was an opening for a form of internet gambling that was acceptable and legal that gamblers could enjoy without either triggering the UIGEA ban, nor triggering the ban that the state of Washington also has against internet gambling.

Nick Jenkins saw the opportunity in the market and, after consulting the legality with experts in the online casino gambling industry, launched a betting site that had no binding bets. The idea behind Betcha.com being that gamblers can place wagers with other gamblers on just about anything under the sun…but they have no legal and binding obligation to make good on the bets. In this way, the site was quite different from online casinos and traditional betting sites because there was no actual risk in placing the bet – therefore it’s not a true gamble.

The Washington State officials did not seem to agree on the fine points of this betting site and raided the facility, seized computers that were used to run the online betting site, and arrested several employees, including Jenkins. The lower courts sided with the State’s right to end the operations on the grounds of illegal online casino betting. The State Appeals Court however sided with Jenkins that the model was sound and did not resemble gambling. Now the third and final verdict will stand as the Washington Supreme Court makes a ruling in the case.