Re:Hack or not: picking sports and cashing out (legally)
by stephengillie on Thursday October 18, 2012 @01:51PM
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From the article: If you have a grand or more in Banana Bucks (or B$, our virtual currency)...
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The only model they could legally work is:
Allow people to gamble with real money if it's legal where the person lives, and force them to use fake money if they live where gambling is illegal.
Even if Americans have to leave the country to receive their payouts, American courts will still likely find this site in violation of anti-gambling laws.
Re:Hack or not: picking sports and cashing out (legally)
by andyakb on Thursday October 18, 2012 @01:58PM
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yea, the us gov't has made it pretty clear that what matters is where the customers are located, so while they dont care if an american gambles online from canada, an american cant gamble from america and then go to canada to get his money.
//EDIT: Just saw that B$ are banana bucks. How do people get these and what happens when they "cash out?" I watched your "intro" video [which wasnt very prominent on your homepage] and still dont really have answers to most of the questions I raised
As far as the legality, I really wouldnt be so sure about your 3 prong test, ESPECIALLY if you dont have a lot of money to fight the DOJ. Will they come after you? Depends on how big you get and how well you hide, but if they do come after you, you cant just say "Sorry, we thought it was legal" and shutdown the site and expect them to stop going after you.
When you say, "Furthermore users can’t wager or bet on teams, they simply pick which team they support in a match." What does this mean? Why would a user "pick" a team? What happens if they pick a team and that team wins? What happens if they pick a team and that team loses?