Under Massachusetts State Law, is wagering or betting on internet poker illegal? What chapter / section of the Massachusetts General Laws would this issue be found under?
2007-02-13 04:38:10 · 11 answers · asked by myesparta 2 in Games & Recreation ➔ Gambling
What I posted in a similar question yesterday:
1. It is NOT a federal crime for an individual to bet online. You are not going to be arrested, you will not go to jail. The UIGEA is intended ONLY for financial institutions. Read the law. For those of you that don't want to do that, just read a summary of the law. Wikipedia "UIGEA." NOWHERE is the act of online gambling criminalized.
2. A few local laws have been passed, but they have no teeth none have been enforced. And really, unless they go directly to the ISPs they can't find out. There's a reason that the federal law didn't criminalize it: if they began hauling in thousands of people for playing online poker then public sentiment WOULD be against them. Going after banks allows them to attack the problem quietly. No one has ever been arrested under these local laws.
3. If the situation irritates you as well, get in touch with your senators and congressperson. The PPA provides resources to help you do so (link below).
Good luck.
2007-02-13 08:31:58 · answer #1 · answered by Sanjay M 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No you can play on several poker site. The law is not different compare to the one before. The law make it harder for financial transaction, that's it.
Millions of U.S. citizens play poker and gamble online every day and not a single one of them has ever been charged, fined or prosecuted.
On September 30 2006, a new Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act was passed. Does this change anything?
The new bill does not make online poker illegal.
The bill does not change existing gaming laws.
The bill does not touch the players.
Millions of U.S. citizens play poker and gamble online every day and not a single one of them has ever been charged, fined or prosecuted.
I personaly play on several site 30/50hrs a week. Never had any trouble what so ever.
Take care
2007-02-13 05:24:26 · answer #2 · answered by pokercoach 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-17 09:07:09 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I asked a similar question yesterday, and a lot of people told me that it was illegal for players. But then a few people told that this information was false, and that it is illegal for banks in the U.S. to accept these charges, because the republican party felt that they needed to do something to improve their image after the Jack Abramoff scandal. So they passed this law, which I feel was completely unnecessary and another restriction on our freedoms.
Thankfully one of the players told me to go to Wikipedia and look up UIGEA for more info about the gambling laws, I was also referred to the ppa in order to protest the law.
http://www.pokerplayersalliance.com
If you want more opinions than what you're getting you can click on my avatar and look at some of the gambling questions that I asked, you might find those helpful.
2007-02-13 05:11:41 · answer #4 · answered by fergalicious 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
As far as I know the answer is no.
They passed this internet law mainly to try and stop the on line casinos. I guess folks in Vegas were loosing money and they wanted it back.
Although for US folks, deposit methods have changed.
2007-02-15 02:47:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
F*cking GWB just passed a law making all internet gambling in the USA illegal. I hate that guy.
2007-02-13 06:33:23 · answer #6 · answered by lazyjbob 5 · 1⤊ 3⤋
funny how all these people say it illegal but no one has the evidence to back it up...
i dont know if it is or not... ill just be honest
2007-02-14 04:34:04 · answer #7 · answered by short fat white girl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes
2007-02-13 04:46:21 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
It's actually federal law that gambling with money online is illegal in this country.
2007-02-13 04:46:39 · answer #9 · answered by frankenberries 2 · 0⤊ 5⤋
no
2007-02-13 04:50:47 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋