I do not provide nor link to any sort of financial services on my websites. I can’t help feeling that if I am diligent about linking only to casinos that have publicly stated they will not accept U.S. players, I am abiding by the proposed bill as long as I include a U.S. disclaimer and am marketing outside the U.S. I will probably keep a file on my database containing those public statements in case I ever need to defend myself.
Affiliates cannot be held responsible for a casino accepting bets from a minor, that is the casino’s issue unless I knew the casino was allowing it – that would make me a knowing accomplice. If I am linking to casinos that will not accept American funds, then I cannot receive illegal funds and I have made a conscious effort to comply with the bill.
Today alone my sites have received hits from Sweden, Chile, South Africa, Canada, UK and India. Many got to my site from U.S. Google.
I think I am going to continue to provide links to any online casinos which I have proof of their intentions not to accept U.S. funds (perhaps providing the exact disclaimer in text next to the link), and I will add a U.S. disclaimer to each page of each website until this bill is either undone or specific affiliate limitations are added – or until I read a CAP statement that convinces me to stop…