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>Is this really a crime? Looks like it is: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/224 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/224
by eszed 3y ago
>Is this really a crime?
Looks like it is:
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/224 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/224
- smcin 3y agoWhy would you answer a question about the legality of match-fixing in Belgium at Belgian/European sports betting operators, with a citation from US law? The question asked "Is this a crime?", not "Would this be a crime if done in the US?" (Counterfactual: "Why Kinder Surprise Eggs are Illegal in the U.S.": https://www.distractify.com/p/why-are-kinder-eggs-illegal https://www.distractify.com/p/why-are-kinder-eggs-illegal. Short answer: banned since 1997 by US CPSC for "containing inedible parts", under a 1938 US law originally passed in response to antifreeze in an antibiotic medication. Yet (phtalate-based) plasticizers in donuts, bread, fast-food in the US, known to be harmful to organs, and heavily restricted in the EU, are not banned in the US.)
- eszed 3y agoFair point! When I wrote that the archive link hadn't been posted, so I saw Washington Post, and assumed. I'm grateful for your response, because it brought me back to the post, and the story is fascinating.