Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 21:03:04 -0400
From: EARL BORAH
To: SHANE CARAVEO
Subject: WcCasino - Request 
Newsgroups: win.server.wccasino
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-> -> ->   And as long as were shooting at the WISH LIST! add in an opti
-> -> ->   let the players play for REAL money! We want their credit car
-> -> ->   and a few more poker games!

-> -> i hope you are joking about this.  (at least if you're in the USA)
-> -> cant run a gambling site in the US, you have to be off the coast s
-> -> where.  Yahoo Internet Life just had an interesting article about the
-> -> topic.

-> Not only that, but if you are a US citizen, running a gambling site out
-> of the country, the FBI will still go after you!


Not only that, but even if your site is entirely legal, both VISA and
MasterCard may refuse to honor charges customers make on your site! They
both settled a case out of court where some lady in California lost
thousands of dollars gambling online, and then sued MC and VISA (after
they sued her for payment) for letting her gamble when it's illegal in
California. 

At least one big bank is already saying they won't honor VISA charges to
online gambling sites, and more are expected to follow suit.


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