just a theory....

say you transfered $500 into my netteller account (i am in the UK)

and then i deposited into your poker acount....

would that still be illegal???

(not offering but just wondering...........or am i...lol)

any ideas??

Luke

that would probably be money laundering and not legal, and we can't get money into neteller accounts. The prohibition is really on the sites for accepting wagers from US players.

didnt think of that!!

i thought you could deposit into peoples accounts just with there account name??

Jut wondered that all - i wouldnt trust someone to do it for me by hey ho!

technically the ban isn't against poker

its against illegal online gambling, which poker hasn't been named

and they are attacking payment processors

in the long run its a move to put new processors in place that will report peoples money movement and hence make it TAXABLE

i dont think any type of gambling has been explicitly named. It is about accepting "wagers" so it has to do with what the definition of a "wager" is.

And you dont need our email addresses and account info, you could do player to player transfers which is what I think you were thinking of.

And no, you cannot get money to neteller. NT is not accepting any more from US citizens

The funny thing is, this ban (like a lot of bans) have killed off the most law abiding. Nothing against places like FTP, my new online home, but the sites that caved to US legislation were the british companies that were actually publicly traded and all. They had more regulation as publicly traded companies, but now the only survivors (and they're THRIVING from the backlash) are the offshore places. Less regulation, and less recourse if something goes wrong, like one day they're here, the next they're gone.

I guess it doesn't matter as much with the big, trusted sites. They're in it for the long haul anyway. But I always thought the same thing about gun control - only takes guns away from the law abiding. Just my opinion, not trying to get *too* political.