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Reply To: Legal Landscape of Online Gaming Has Not Changed

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current legislations fails to make anything illegal that wasn’t illegal already. So, what exactly would a US based webmaster be aiding and abetting?

The legislation makes a new crime of accepting US citizen money for the purposes of internet gambling, with a few exceptions (lottery, US approved horse racing).

I can see certain prosecutors attempting to charge advertisers/affiliates with aiding & abetting the money process by providing the original link to these sites, although that still sounds iffy to me if the money was a flat fee up front. Even moreso, I can see them doing the same with the accepting money part if it involves sharing revenue in any way – CPA or otherwise.

Affiliates on revenue share are accepting 30%, 40% (whatever the amount is the program gives you) of the newly illegal US money. The only way I can see around this is if the sites start giving out prizes instead of money that has to travel through the banking system for both the players & affiliates. This would not work for casino games – only poker tournaments probably. And I’m not even sure that would be legal – just something off the top of my head. For someone like the Professor, they would probably have to pay him with land :D

The article covers the perspective of the online gambler well – probably nothing has changed legally for them. What it means in real terms though for a good poker player is entirely up to Neteller. I don’t have much doubt that the pool of US Party Poker players will find a good alternative to play at. But if Neteller & similar sites are no longer an option, there are not going to be enough fish to make it worthwhile.

This law screws the US affiliates in every way . Either you will live in fear of being prosecuted, or the majority of the market has vanished overnight. And I would say even if you are unafraid of prosecution, if the second thing happens it may make you wonder if the risk is worth it then.