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Ways
Around
Online
Gambling
Ban
November
25,
2007
It
seems
that
there
are
various
ways
around
the
passage
of
the
Unlawful
Internet
Gaming
Enforcement
Act,
or
UIGEA.
The
law
made
the
processing
of
payments
for
online
gambling
illegal
– so
that
means
that
you
can’t
use
your
United
States’
bank
account
or
credit
cards
for
any
processing
of
online
gambling
funds
– or
so
you
would
think.
It
turns
out
that
there
are
several
companies
out
there
that
are
making
it
perfectly
legal
to
gamble
online
using
your
credit
cards
simply
by
changing
the
name
of
what
it
is
you
are
doing.
Let’s
say
you
log
onto
an
online
gambling
site
and
place
an
order
to
put
funds
into
your
account
using
your
credit
card.
One
would
think
that
this
would
not
be
allowed.
However,
some
companies
will
change
what
the
charge
is
for,
so
as
to
remain
undetected
by
the
banks
and
thus
still
in
so
called
compliance
with
the
law.
These
middle
men
are
taking
the
charges
from
online
gambling
companies
and
making
them
into
something
that
they
are
not,
and
thus
the
credit
cards
and
banks
are
processing
the
payments
because
they
don’t
really
know
what
they
are
for.
When
you
get
your
credit
card
statement,
instead
of
listing
the
online
casino
that
you
had
visited,
it
would
list
the
name
of
several
other
businesses
instead.
Not
only
is
it
illegal
to
use
the
card
for
online
gambling,
but
it
is
illegal
to
change
the
name
of
what
it
is
for
as
well.
The
IRS
states
that
this
resembles
money
laundering
of
credit
card
charges
which
is
against
the
law.
In
fact,
they
are
currently
prosecuting
seven
people
and
four
companies
in
Salt
Lake
City
for
doing
the
exact
same
thing.
They
state
that
not
only
is
it
illegal
but
they
are
considered
to
be
serious
crimes
and
will
carry
heavy
penalties
for
the
companies
changing
the
names
of
the
charges.
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