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<title>Federal Gaming Law Notices</title><link>http://www.federalgaminglaw.com/index.html</link><description>Notices</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:creator>ggemignani@gmail.com</dc:creator><dc:rights>Copyright 2009 Greg Gemignani</dc:rights><dc:date>2012-03-05T22:17:37-08:00</dc:date><admin:generatorAgent rdf:resource="http://www.realmacsoftware.com/" />
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<lastBuildDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 09:24:46 -0800</lastBuildDate><item><title>Midterm Hypo 2</title><dc:creator>ggemignani@gmail.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Notices</dc:subject><dc:date>2012-03-05T22:17:37-08:00</dc:date><link>http://www.federalgaminglaw.com/page6/files/639adbb97b8c5aca8a6caf3fcd2e18fa-24.html#unique-entry-id-24</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.federalgaminglaw.com/page6/files/639adbb97b8c5aca8a6caf3fcd2e18fa-24.html#unique-entry-id-24</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Boss at Oceanic Casino has asked us for a brief summary of the legality of online poker sites and what the risks are for Oceanic if they are engaged in joint promotions with MaxBet Poker&hellip;).


...Boss at Oceanic Casino has asked us for a brief summary of the legality of online poker sites and what the risks are for Oceanic if they are engaged in joint promotions with MaxBet Poker.


As you know, Oceanic is a long time client of the firm with casinos in Las Vegas, Mississippi, Macau and Reno.  


...Boss to let him know that you were in the best position to send them a reply given your billing rate and your familiarity with online gaming.


...Can you please provide me with a short summary of whether online poker is legal in the U.S.?  

...As you know, we are currently under tight budget constraints, so please keep this short and keep the billable hours down on this one for now.


...From my time working in Australia I have had some experience with the US regulators and federal agencies concerning internet gaming, but I am told that they are not as strict on Poker.


...Is Casino Boss the best person for us to work with me verifying the compliance issues on this then??


...As a matter of principal, can we be associated and therefore do business with, anyone that operates in the internet gaming environment?


...MaxBet Poker is an online poker <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_poker>  card room launched in May 2001 with the involvement of a team of poker <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poker>  professionals known collectively as the MaxBet Force, among them are:


...The service can be reached via two web domains, MaxBetpoker.com, and MaxBetpoker.net, where players can choose to gamble with real or play money from either site. 


U.S. internet poker rooms have come and gone these past few years, but MaxBet Poker remains one of the biggest online success stories. ...  This site is hailed for its rigorous efforts to cater to U.S. players by offering high stakes real money poker games to U.S. players, and is one of the few rooms that has continued to serve us here in the states, despite frustrating changes in U.S. legislation.   Because of this, the site has picked up a lot of U.S. players that were abandoned by other sites.


...This means a wider array of fish for you to exploit, at any hour of the day, as well as the assurance that your account will remain functional regardless of the erratic political climate here at home.   You know MaxBet Poker because their marketing team has sought to recruit some of the best known players in the world, who have come together to form the MaxBet Force. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Midterm Hypo 1</title><dc:creator>ggemignani@gmail.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Notices</dc:subject><dc:date>2012-03-05T22:14:04-08:00</dc:date><link>http://www.federalgaminglaw.com/page6/files/ac017ec48b379367030a8906d8b1898d-23.html#unique-entry-id-23</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.federalgaminglaw.com/page6/files/ac017ec48b379367030a8906d8b1898d-23.html#unique-entry-id-23</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Grid Iron trading cards, the largest maker of professional football player trading cards, has called to asked you to analyze certain federal gambling law risks associated with a current issue they are facing and a proposed enhancement to their online fantasy football player card game. 


...Players pay a $50 entry fee to Grid Iron for each fantasy football team they wish to build and manage. ...  Each card costs $5.00 and each Player's team can have up to 16 digital cards at any one time. ...  While each player's team may have up to 16 digital players cards in their deck, they are only allowed to play 8 players each week in their intra-league matches (1 Quarterback, 2 Running Backs, 3 Receivers, 1 Kicker and 1 NFL Team Defense). ...  Each week the players may use the graphically rich Grid Iron online system to revise their line ups, trade cards with other players, drop cards from their deck into a free agency pool or add cards from the free agency pool; however, each transaction costs the players involved a $2 transaction fee.   At the end of the season winning players from each league are announced on the web site, and every player receives physical custom trading cards in the mail of their digital playing cards with the season long fantasy statistics of the player imprinted on the back and the players' chosen team name on the front. 

...Last year, prior to offering or announcing the contest, Grid Iron received opinion letters from two law firms that the current contest was not gambling in any state because no prizes are awarded. 

...Shortly after the contest was announced last year, the client was approached by BETDUCK.COM, an online sports wagering site to promote the BETDUCK.NET and BETDUCK.COM sites. ...  The promotion with Grid Iron was to offer BETDUCK.NET and BETDUCK.COM banner adds with current play for free wagering lines in the banner advertisements. 

...The contest is identical to the current contest, however, at the end of the season, the winners of each premium league are entered into a random drawing to receive travel, lodging and two tickets to the NFL Super Bowl, and the physical players cards the winner receives at the end of the season will be signed by the actual NFL players. 

...For example, the entry may have the following players (quarterbacks) pre-listed, Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, Aaron Rogers, Mark Sanchez, Christian Ponder, Drew Brees, Joe Flacco, Jay Cutler, Matt Ryan, Matt Stafford, Eli Manning, Tim Tebowb, Carson Palmer, Philip Rivers, Tony Romo, and Mike Vick. ...  For example, if a player selects the correct order of the NFL player with the highest score, the third highest score and the lowest score, they would have an entry score of 31 points (16 for the highest scorer, 14 for the third highest, and 1 for the lowest).   Each week the player with the highest score wins 80% of the value of the total entries for the week (if more than one player has the highest score, then the pot is split evenly among the winners).   In order to participate in the Quick Pick Weekly Fantasy Game a player must be part of a season long fantasy league with Grid Iron. 


...Specifically, they want to know whether or not continuing to run the BETDUCK.NET and BETDUCK.COM advertisements will violate any federal gambling laws or whether running such advertisements is protected commercial speech. 

...The legal department is less enthusiastic and asks to let them know if there are any criminal gambling law risks with the Quick Pick Weekly Fantasy Game that are not present in the basic fantasy sports contest they have been running for the past year. 
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