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Old 05-19-2010, 01:19 PM   #16
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Re: Australian Charged With Laundering $500 Million From Gambling

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I thought all the poker websites were Illegal in the US? ... so why do the US government care about them?... Shouldn't they go crying to the Isle of Man etc?
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Highly debatable.

According to the U.S. Department of Justice...Yes.
According to one U.S. Circuit Court...No.
According to the letter of federal U.S. law...No.
According to state laws...Rarely.
According to the U.S. Constitution...No.
According to FullTilt and PokerStars...No.
According to the Governor of Kentucky...Yes.
According to States Attorneys General...mostly Yes.
I'm glad you understand all state anti-gambling laws; would you please educate the clueless attorneys general?
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Old 05-19-2010, 05:28 PM   #17
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Re: Australian Charged With Laundering $500 Million From Gambling

How about just reading this: http://theppa.org/forums/topic/578

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Old 05-19-2010, 09:08 PM   #18
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Re: Australian Charged With Laundering $500 Million From Gambling

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I'm glad you understand all state anti-gambling laws; would you please educate the clueless attorneys general?
[ ] Many states Attorneys General have expressed the non-legally binding opinion that online poker is illegal in their state, so therefore online poker is illegal in their state even if their state laws don't clearly make it so, the laws were written before the existence of the internet and the old laws have not been tested in court on this issue.

[ ] By the same twisted permafrost logic, online poker must be illegal under federal law because our federal Attorney General, Eric Holder, says so despite no existing federal law saying so and no existing federal court precedent supporting such a position (just the opposite).

[ ] Therefore, law is created by Attorney General opinion, not the way the laws are actually written or applied in courts.

[x] We still get to take issues to court if we think someone like an Attorney General, the DOJ, a state Governor, etc. is incorrectly applying laws for their own agenda.
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Old 05-21-2010, 05:51 PM   #19
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Re: Australian Charged With Laundering $500 Million From Gambling

you can hardly do things in us and get away with it. thats why im a good boy.
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Old 05-24-2010, 02:19 AM   #20
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Re: Australian Charged With Laundering $500 Million From Gambling

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you can hardly do things in us and get away with it. thats why im a good boy.
unless your name is Bush or Cheney

...or you have $$ for a GREAT lawyer
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Old 05-30-2010, 11:39 PM   #21
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Re: Australian Charged With Laundering $500 Million From Gambling

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I'm constantly amazed by news like this. Guy was smart enough to start this business and then skimmed off the top, cheated, and came to the worst place on Earth to try to get away from it. Wow.
He's actually stupid.
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