In her assessment, Shulman affirms that after researching the Wire Act, the playing of online poker is excluded from its reach for several reasons. The most obvious would be that the statute, which was introduced to disrupt the financing of organised crime, only prohibits sports betting and not online gambling, poker or anything more.
Allyn Jaffray Shulman, a respected American legal figure, this week took an objective look at the 1961 Federal Interstate Wire Act for online poker room Card Player.com, in an article that points to the law as being outdated.
Shulman also points to recent proposed amendments to the Wire Act which would seem to demonstrate that legislators themselves do not fully believe that the statute prohibits online gambling activity.
Shulman’s full dissertation can be read at CardPlayer.com.
The influence of the Wire Act, however outdated, has now seen the introduction of the UIGEA which specifically targets the transfer of funds between US citizens and online gambling companies.
December 30, 2006, 1:07 pm (1 year ago)
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