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American online gamblers beware
By Zach Arnold | June 11, 2009
A lot of offshore online sportsbooks have closed down business to American customers in the last few years.
It was thought that perhaps President Obama could change the mood and tenor of authorities going after people who play poker or use sportsbooks online. Turns out, not so much.
The irony of “the land of the free and the home of the brave” pursuing online gamblers as aggressively as they have is not lost on me, considering in the UK you can not only gamble online (and in person) but your winnings aren’t taxed, either.
I don’t endorse this behavior but if you do MMA betting online, obviously the linked story above is a warning signal.
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Too bad it didn’t get banned a couple days ago. Could’ve saved me all the money I lost on the Dodgers last night.
That guy that says that “there is no law banning online poker” is flat out wrong. If you engage in internet gambling in the USA, you are committing a crime even if it is not high up on the priority list for the FBI or local law enforcement.