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Message: [QUOTE="troderick, post: 480505, member: 2629"] Why would they be interested in banning either? The US law affects folks living in the US and banking institutions that help those folks fund their accounts. It seems to me that the actual poker sites are out of US jurisdiction and could not be prosecuted even if the US wanted. The US government would have no right to monitor the financial activities of a poker site out of their jurisdiction, so they would not be aware of the person to person transfer. Nor would they have any right to monitor the banking activities of the Canadian. As for my banking activities...as far as my bank is concerned, I am sending a personal check to a Canadian friend. I guess in theory the poker site is breaking US law and the owners would be subject to arrest if the were in the US...but how would the US know who was playing? Maybe I am naive, but I see no way this could be tracked. [/QUOTE]