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02-04-2011 , 03:22 PM
Is it legal in the United States to build a poker site something that would give information
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02-04-2011 , 03:33 PM
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Originally Posted by futurehighrollors
Is it legal in the United States to build a poker site something that would give information
I'm not going to give you legal advice. If you need to know if something is legal, you need to consult a lawyer with the specific facts of what you want to do.

As a general matter, however, absent some very narrow exceptions (such as incitement to imminently violate laws), you have First Amendment right in the United States to talk freely about any subject, and that would include discussing poker on the internet.

PLAYING poker, of course, is a different matter, and has been covered at length in threads here.
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02-04-2011 , 03:34 PM
What exactly do you mean?

Something that discusses poker strategy, for example, should be legal almost everywhere in the United States.

Something that links to poker sites or otherwise acts as an affiliate for online poker rooms could be potentially questionable.
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02-04-2011 , 08:29 PM
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Originally Posted by repulse
Something that discusses poker strategy, for example, should be legal almost everywhere in the United States.
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02-05-2011 , 11:46 AM
I remember reading somewhere that some jurisdiction had some rule against publishing any information related to "gambling", or something. I forget if it was in the US or not, and I don't think there was much discussion of how it would relate to poker, and maybe my brain is just making it up... but I'd hate to give bad advice, so I'm playing it safe with "almost"!
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02-05-2011 , 02:14 PM
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Originally Posted by repulse
I remember reading somewhere that some jurisdiction had some rule against publishing any information related to "gambling", or something. I forget if it was in the US or not, and I don't think there was much discussion of how it would relate to poker, and maybe my brain is just making it up... but I'd hate to give bad advice, so I'm playing it safe with "almost"!
I think the safe play would have been to refrain from posting.
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02-06-2011 , 11:33 AM
Yeah, perhaps. But a site with poker strategy information is either totally fine or fine almost everywhere, which is probably a helpful bit of information to somebody who might not care about that distinction.
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