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    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?

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    If they were conducting business illegally, you can probably get a collection suit dismissed on public policy grounds. But unless there's a prior court ruling on point which governs the trial courts in your jurisdiction, you can't be sure until it happens and you try.

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    Thanks for your response. I guess I'm just trying to mostly figure out if PokerStars is violating this new U.S. law or not. I have heard mixed comments that they are because they are an online gambling company and they are still doing business with U.S. customers, but at the same time I have researched it a bit and people have claimed they are the only legal site left out there because their company isn't publicly trading stock yet. So I know for a fact PartyPoker is illegal to do business with the U.S., I just need to find out if PokerStars is also blocked from doing business with the U.S. and if they are just ignoring that or not. They state on their website that they have been advised by "their lawyers" that it is in their best interest to continue serving the U.S. even under this new law.

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