| These days, you will see that there are already a lot | | | | guilty with gambling and violating the Wire Act. The |
| of people who are getting into sports betting online. For | | | | question however, is that is this law applicable for |
| most people, this is a way for them to raise additional | | | | online gambling or not? |
| income especially if they will win this game of strategy | | | | It can be stated that internet betting or gambling is not |
| and chance. So they log on to sports betting sites and | | | | covered by this law but the Justice Department of the |
| checking on online sports betting books in order to bet | | | | United States have interpreted the law to be applicable |
| and try to beat the odds set in the world of online | | | | to all gambling activities being even those that are |
| gambling. | | | | done online. However, the discussion about online |
| However, no matter how many people are already on | | | | sports betting's legality does not end here. |
| this type of gaming, there are still a lot of them getting | | | | Years after the dismissal of that case, the Internet |
| to be anxious about the online sports betting's legality. | | | | Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act had been |
| These are the people who are asking if online sports | | | | proposed by Barney Frank. This act is asking for the |
| betting legal or not. The truth is that this question is a | | | | government to legitimize internet gambling. It has sited |
| tough question to answer, as you will need to look at | | | | ways on how to regulate internet gambling and how |
| the law in a much deeper sense than just a regular | | | | beneficial it is in bringing revenues in the country. This |
| paper that states the things that are legal and those | | | | means that the country will receive several millions of |
| that are not. | | | | dollars of revenue if online gambling is approved. |
| First of all, the Interstate Wire that prohibits gambling | | | | Currently, this is act is still pending for further study and |
| sports gambling in between states through any wired | | | | approval from the government. |
| device such as telephones. However, this law has two | | | | Aside from this, Antigua and Barbuda have filed a |
| questionable sides. One is that whether the prohibition | | | | complaint on the World Trade Organizations opposing |
| is only limited to sports gambling or will it include at | | | | the United States on the grounds of preventing them in |
| some specifications the other types of gambling in the | | | | participating in internet gambling. The WTO has been |
| state. Keep in mind that gambling is not only limited on | | | | on the side of Antigua and Barbuda and thus granting |
| sporting events but other types of gambling are also | | | | them to claim some amount of money to penalize |
| being held in the country. However, an event wherein a | | | | United States. |
| case between two online casino gamblers and credit | | | | Therefore, in answering the question is online sports |
| card company has been dismissed and thus implicating | | | | betting legal or not may still take a lot of study and law |
| that this law is only applicable to sports gambling. | | | | interpretation. But for the time being, US Player |
| The other side of this law is that it has been passed | | | | Sportsbooks Sites may or may not be legal but with |
| during the time wherein sports betting or gambling in | | | | more proposals in legalizing online sports betting may |
| between states possible through wired devices such | | | | be granted the license that it has been waiting for |
| as phones. Therefore, placing and getting bets on this | | | | several number of years since more people would like |
| wired device will definitely give you a verdict of being | | | | to venture on this game. |