Is Online Poker Part of the Wire Act?
Online Poker isn't part of the Wire Act!So you think just because you play online poker and you're a US citizen, you'll be excluded because of the Wire Act? Well, sit tight because many have said that online poker doesn't have anything to do with this act and that US players are getting banned for no reason whatsoever.
Allyn Jaffray Shulman who is a respected American legal figure analyzed the wire act as it pertains to online poker and has come to the conclusion that it's out dated. The statute, which was introduced to disrupt the financing of organized crime only prohibits sports betting and NOT online gambling, poker or anything else.
She also says that legislators themselves do not fully believe that the statute prohibits online gambling activity. They are just viewing it as criminal and going from there which in every essence, is not the legal way to go about this. The influence of the Wire Act, however outdated, has seen the introduction of the UIGEA which specifically targets the transfer of funds between citizens of the US and online gambling companies overseas. In other words, online poker was not within the reach of the Wire Act's prohibition. The District Court of Appeal agreed with Duvall's ruling that the 1961 Wire Act does not apply to online poker.
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