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[QUOTE="Charade You Are, post: 1748439, member: 39511"]
The UIGEA excludes games of skill. And it doesn't prohibit w/d. And it doesn't prohibit ALL online gaming. Lotteries, betting on horseracing, and certain fantasy sports betting and other activities are allowed.

The money deposited to poker sites is NOT proceeds of a crime. The money is the player's money, not the sites. Withdrawals by a player are also not illegally obtained. The UIGEA did not make playing poker illegal.
 
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It is NOT a crime to operate a poker site. Those sites are licensed in the jurisdictions where they operate. The US cannot make a site that is legal in its own country illegal.

The "profits" were returns of players money and NOT illegal. Pro players claim their profits on their tax returns.

A "black hole" necessistated by a poorly written amendment attached to the Safe Port Act in the middle of the nite to a must pass bill by hypocrite Bill Frist to pander to the religious right because they couldn't get it passed by itself in the light of day. 
 
At the end of the day, the sites will probably make a deal unfortunately, and we will never see exactly which of the myriad of charges would have ultimately stuck. IMO probably only the miscoding of transactions, a victimless crime and hardly worth $3B.
 
An [B][COLOR=#666699]unjust[/COLOR][/B] law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so. 
~ [B][COLOR=#666666]Mahatma Gandhi[/COLOR][/B]
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