Hi, first off, I live in the U.S. in Ohio. In December of 2006, I made a few transactions to the gambling site PokerStars.com, however, after I found out that under U.S. law now it is illegal for banks to do transactions with these companies and it is also apparently illegal for the gambling institutions themselves to do business with U.S. citizens, I had payment stopped on the few transactions I made. However, they are now trying to come after me with a debt collection firm saying that I need to pay them the money. Will they really be able to file a lawsuit against me in the U.S. even though it is indeed illegal for them to do business with a U.S. citizen?
The bill that was put in place in November of last year is called the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006. It states that the players will NOT be the ones that this law applies to, but instead the financial institutions and actual gambling companies that will be bound by this law. Can anyone tell me if I should be concerned here?

