Some great quotes there
The Justice Department official said any implication that it considers casual bettors’ actions illegal under federal law was “probably unintentional.”
and …
Legal analysts said it is unlikely federal prosecutors will target individual bettors, in part because the government prefers to leave prosecution of such cases to the states. And, like New York, few states explicitly bar the casual bettor from wagering online. Even in Washington state, which recently made it a felony for a person to gamble online, state officials said it’s unlikely they would prosecute casual bettors.
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“It is politically difficult or unwise to go after consumers if they’re not significant gamblers,” said Bill Eadington, a professor of economics who runs a gambling-research institute at the University of Nevada, Reno. “One can make a case that if an individual bettor is moving hundreds of thousands of dollars, he may be a target.”
That should ease of lot of players fears … let’s hope that this view gets more coverage and endorsement !!
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