Federal · Title 31 — Money and Finance

31 U.S.C. § 5367: Circumventions prohibited

Felony

What this law says, in plain English

A person commits an offense by operating, managing, or controlling an Internet website where unlawful gambling bets or wagers are placed or offered.

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operates, manages, supervises, or directs an Internet website at which unlawful bets or wagers may be placed, received, or otherwise made, or at which unlawful bets or wagers are offered to be placed, received, or otherwise made; or owns or controls, or is owned or controlled by, any person who operates, manages, supervises, or directs an Internet website at which unlawful bets or wagers may be placed, received, or otherwise made, or at which unlawful bets or wagers are offered to be placed, received, or otherwise made.

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