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Quote:If gambling is illegal, as the autorities have been saying, why is there a bill to outlaw gambling, trying to pass at Congress?
The bill, which won’t pass, seeks to clarify the language of the Federal Wager Wire Act and the expand it for the future. Interpretation of the law is no precise. For instance, if someone was interpreting the act using literalism, then gambling over the Internet is legal, because the law doesn’t specifically say “Internet” or “any communication device.”
Those who say the law currently bans Internet gambling are looking at the law via original intent. Originally the law was created to outlaw gambling except in legal areas. If we decide that original intent matters most, Internet gambling is illegal.
Quote:If one of the purposes of the bill is to expand the wire act, (because it is NOT sufficient clear to be applied to online gambling in general), how can authorities base their comments on online gambling illegality on the Wire act?See above.
The Wire Act was intended to assist the states, territories and possessions of the United States, as well as the District of Columbia, in enforcing their respective laws on gambling and bookmaking and to suppress organized gambling activities.
Subsection (a) of the Wire Act, a criminal provision, provides:
Whoever being engaged in the business of betting or wagering knowingly uses a wire communication facility for the transmission in interstate or foreign commerce of bets or wagers or information assisting in the placing of bets or wagers on any sporting event or contest, or for the transmission of a wire communication which entitles the recipient to receive money or credit as a result of bets or wagers, or for information assisting in the placing of bets or wagers, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.
A dumb question perhaps …
If they do manage to outlaw Internet Gambling (only If), does it make any gambling portal that provides ONLY info (affiliate portals) makes an illegal venue? Do we become liable under that act? Sorry, am not that good with reading all the legal stuff and would appreciate a “Internet Gambling Bill For Dummies” version sigh.gif
