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Ivan: please tell me you spoke to some attorneys versed in gaming law. I'd be careful about facilitating wagers online. This will almost certainly be used for s

Ivan: please tell me you spoke to some attorneys versed in gaming law. I'd be careful about facilitating wagers online. This will almost certainly be used for sports wagering if it gets any traction at all, and that is illegal at the federal level and in all 50 states. You do not want to mess around with sports betting online. You'd probably be better off selling pot than facilitating sports bets. If I were you I'd block this immediately until you have this thoroughly reviewed. This is the sort of crime people have ended up in jail for. Better safe than sorry. I can recommend a great attorney in that field too if you need, but honestly I wouldn't even waste the retainer over it if I were you. I'm about 99.99% sure he'll tell you to block it.

ivankirigin 18y ago
Sigh. I hate the government. We have an open API, which means we don't have a whitelist of apps that have access to it. Our policy has been to be content neutral within the bounds of the law, and I'm pretty sure this is the first app to cause any issue with the latter half. I'll need to take some action, but I think the non-profit side would be an easy way to avoid the P2P gambling component.
- mattmaroon 18y ago
  Me too brother. The UIGEA costs me more each year than most people make in 4. But I'd hate to see you lose Tipjoy and/or wind up in jail because one donkey bet another one $5 on the Wings game.
Rachelnator 18y ago
This seems like an overly reactionary response to me. It's like saying, "Don't invent YouTube because it will almost certainly be used to upload illegal videos." You don't block something because it might be used maliciously. You simply work to prevent misuse.
- mattmaroon 18y ago
  The problem is there isn't much legal use for an online wagering facilitation service. This is more akin to saying "don't start an ebay for illegal drugs". If you think it's overly-reactionary, you don't know anything about online gambling law.

ivankirigin 18y ago

Sigh. I hate the government. We have an open API, which means we don't have a whitelist of apps that have access to it. Our policy has been to be content neutral within the bounds of the law, and I'm pretty sure this is the first app to cause any issue with the latter half. I'll need to take some action, but I think the non-profit side would be an easy way to avoid the P2P gambling component.

mattmaroon 18y ago
Me too brother. The UIGEA costs me more each year than most people make in 4. But I'd hate to see you lose Tipjoy and/or wind up in jail because one donkey bet another one $5 on the Wings game.

Rachelnator 18y ago

This seems like an overly reactionary response to me. It's like saying, "Don't invent YouTube because it will almost certainly be used to upload illegal videos." You don't block something because it might be used maliciously. You simply work to prevent misuse.

mattmaroon 18y ago
The problem is there isn't much legal use for an online wagering facilitation service. This is more akin to saying "don't start an ebay for illegal drugs". If you think it's overly-reactionary, you don't know anything about online gambling law.