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Originally Posted by halfpint
Why is it banned in the US ? Over here in the UK they advertise the gambling sites on TV
So whats to stop US people from playing on UK based gambling sites ?
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In an acronym?
UIGEA
The U.S. government even asserts "extraterritorial jurisdiction" with respect to UIGEA, and has arrested foreign nationals under UIGEA, people who operate gambling sites hosted in other countries, but who have accepted wagers from U.S. customers, when such were people unfortunate enough to find themselves on U.S. soil, or in a country that was willing to detain and extradite them to the U.S. Gary Kaplan and David Carruthers of
BetonSports are a couple of examples.