Originally Posted by mickeycrimm View Post
Originally Posted by blackhole View Post
Originally Posted by tableplay View Post
The only thing illegal is payment processing of US transactions.
Did you get something different from my above post?
BH, could you cite the U.S. Code that makes it illegal for a citizen to gamble online at an offshore casino. Please don't cite the law that banks cannot transfer funds to or from these sites. That does not make it illegal for a citizen to play on the sites. Cite the specific law that makes it illegal for a citizen to gamble online at an offshore site. Cite the law that is specific to citizens gambling on those sites. Don't use some vague law that doesn't apply.
I've been reading up on this. There's differing legal opinions out there, but I didn't find a specific law stating that it's illegal for a US citizen to place bets at online offshore casinos. But the player needs to be aware of what the STATE law says about doing this. Either way, US citizens are not being prosecuted for playing. But there have been some trouble whenever a US bank gets involved with online offshore transactions--for both the player and the bank. Happens infrequently.

That said, everyone understands the risks involved. Will you get slow-paid or no-paid? There's zero recourse. I believe I mentioned this here years ago. I wanted to write a Gaming Today article on online gambling back in around 2003. So I found a popular one--Intercasino--that had video poker up to the $5 level. I deposited I think just $500 after registering--which was a tedious process of ID's etc. I played a simple ARTT progression/regression, and was down a bit when I hit several 1200 credit winners within an hour. I suddenly had about $10,100 so I asked for a cashout. I think there was a small sign-up bonus which I played as required for the cashout.

What happened next was around 3+ months of Intercasino making excuses like "our comptroller needs to sign off on this and he's out ill" and "we found a discrepancy in your registration data that needs to get fixed first" and "our investigators discovered you have multiple addresses in the US" etc. etc. All BS of course, just to try and not pay me. But I persisted, if only to get the final story so I could put my article on online gambling together.

My last effort was to let them know I was a very popular gaming industry writer (I faxed them a copy of my Undeniable Truth column in GT to prove I wrote for them) and that I would write a very scathing article about them and their tactics if I wasn't paid within 3 days. A check arrived overnight and it cleared fine. I've never played online again and I never will, unless and until it's all done within the US and is regulated with normal recourse.