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Originally Posted by checkraisdraw
Neither of those poker sites are available in the US anyway so not sure how it applies to a discussion on US federal law.
This is the second misinformed statement you have submitted on the thread. PPPoker, CLUBGG and Pokerbros can be played anywhere in the world. All of these illegal clubs are structured to take a wide variety of different payment methods such as Crypto, Venmo, Cashapp, Zelle, PayPal, etc. Some of these clubs are 100% legitimate (run by groups of friends who want to play poker together without having to travel far distances for live meetup games) while other clubs like Splash Squad are total Ponzi schemes whose operators are using the "rob Peter to pay Paul" business model while making obscene amounts of income with outrageous rake fees and using player funds for their own personal expenses. The moment players start requesting payment these clubs start scrambling to pay back players with deposits from other incoming players.
Some parts of the US have restricted online play (which can be circumvented by using a private residential VPN and software that spoofs a players geolocation) and some countries have outlawed any type of gambling altogether, both online and live. The aforementioned is also how these clubs cheat players through collusion while running multi-accounts and bot farms against unsuspecting players.
Last edited by NeverPlayOnline; 07-27-2023 at 06:54 AM.