Thank you, Janet.
Q: Is it legal to gamble online from the United States?
A: That’s really the issue that’s being debated at the moment. I think the Department of Justice takes the position that gambling online from the United States to any site that’s based anywhere is covered by the Wire Act and thus is not legal.
That was so until the federal communications commission (FCC), who has jurisdiction in this matter, decided this year that the internet and the telephone line are two entirely different things and are not covered by the same law.
Hence the Wire Act, which covers betting over the telephone, does NOT apply to the internet anymore. Many doubt it ever did.