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Will play money games become illegal if the internet bill passes?

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  1. judge_judy42 judge_judy42 is offline

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    Jun 19th, 2006 (6/19/2006 3:21am)

    Just wondering
  2. eliminator7 eliminator7 is offline

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    Jun 19th, 2006 (6/19/2006 3:24am) in reply to judge_judy42

    no
  3. computerb computerb is offline

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    Jun 19th, 2006 (6/19/2006 3:45am) in reply to eliminator7

    The gov't wants to stop the money flow, not the play chips.
  4. CSuave CSuave is offline

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    Jun 19th, 2006 (6/19/2006 12:21pm) in reply to judge_judy42

    I would not be surprised if some official somewhere would try to say that it is illegal because you are gambling even though you are risking nothing of value. They have done that here in Columbus Ohio when they arrested and ticketed 26 players involved in a free poker league at a bar.
    But also I don't think many sites other than Yahoo will keep up play money tables if congress makes it illegal and the ISPs and Banks have to start turning in records to the government.
    And yes if the bill passes the ISPs will have to turn in records of traffic to "illegal" sites. That is the part where Big Brother finally kicks in.
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