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Gambling, like drugs, is heavily regulated. Maybe it shouldn't be, but it is, and this is well known by every American. You also wouldn't start a firearm compa
by danielweber 14y ago
Gambling, like drugs, is heavily regulated. Maybe it shouldn't be, but it is, and this is well known by every American. You also wouldn't start a firearm company or a brewery or a boutique cigar manufacturing without hiring a lawyer.
I don't know the law, and neither do you, and neither did this guy. If he had spent a few thousand of that $2.3 million on a lawyer he would be better informed and had someone on retainer.
Maybe he would have found out some simple way to comply.
Maybe he would have found out there was no way to comply.
Maybe he would have found out that he was already completely complying and this is just your "Operation Swordfish" scenario.
But, since Operation Swordfish has been brought up, I'm out.
- pyre 14y agoI do agree that this guy should have had a lawyer, even just as a go-to person for stuff relating to the law. He was running a business, and not consulting a lawyer from time to time is probably a bad idea. For example, if he was ever sued, he would want to have a lawyer on speed-dial, rather than flipping through the Yellowpages trying to find a lawyer while under stress. My general thought is that it's quite possible that his lawyer would not have foreseen this turn of events. His lawyer probably would have referenced local, state, and Federal law on this, but could have easily not seen that another state would try to prosecute him for his clients offering online gambling to residents of that state. (I think it goes without saying that a lawyer probably would not have foreseen the government offering him a plea bargain to commit a Federal -- and international -- crime in order to plead guilty to a lesser charge)