What 31 USC § 5363 - Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) Payment Prohibition requires
31 USC § 5363 (enacted as the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006, Pub. L. 109-347 Title VIII) prohibits any person engaged in the business of betting or wagering from knowingly accepting payments in connection with another person's participation in unlawful Internet gambling: subsection (1) prohibits accepting credit, or the proceeds of credit, extended to or on behalf of such other person (including credit extended through the use of a credit card); subsection (2) prohibits accepting electronic fund transfers, funds transmitted by or through a money transmitting business, or proceeds of such transfers; subsection (3) prohibits accepting checks, drafts, or similar instruments drawn by or on behalf of the gambler payable through any financial institution; subsection (4) prohibits accepting proceeds of any other financial transaction involving a financial institution as payor or financial intermediary as prescribed by regulation; the implementing regulations are codified at 12 CFR Part 233 (Federal Reserve Regulation GG) requiring financial institutions to establish and implement policies and procedures reasonably designed to identify and block restricted transactions; civil and criminal penalties apply under §§ 5366-5367.
Pillar: Gaming & Gambling · Authority: United States Congress (Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006, Pub. L. 109-347, title VIII, § 802(a), 120 Stat. 1955 - codified at 31 USC § 5361 et seq.) · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated:
Primary source: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/31/5363
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- 31 USC § 5363 PROHIBITION ON ACCEPTANCE OF ANY FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT FOR UNLAWFUL INTERNET GAMBLING: 'No person engaged in the business of betting or wagering may knowingly accept, in connection with the participation of another person in unlawful Internet gambling - (1) credit, or the proceeds of credit, extended to or on behalf of such other person (including credit extended through the use of a credit card); (2) an electronic fund transfer, or funds transmitted by or through a money transmitting business, or the proceeds of an electronic fund transfer or money transmitting service, from or on behalf of such other person'
- 31 USC § 5363(3)(4) ADDITIONAL PROHIBITED INSTRUMENTS: '(3) any check, draft, or similar instrument which is drawn by or on behalf of such other person and is drawn on or payable at or through any financial institution; or (4) the proceeds of any other form of financial transaction, as the Secretary and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System may jointly prescribe by regulation, which involves a financial institution as a payor or financial intermediary on behalf of or for the benefit of such other person.'
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