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The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 was signed into law by President George W. Bush in October of 2006.The overarching aim of the UIGEA is to disrupt illegal online gambling operations by targeting their finances. The UIGEA does so by making it a criminal offense for financial firms in the US to process payments to or from illegal gambling and betting sites.

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The UIGEA (Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act) was passed in November of 2006, as part of the SAFE Port Act, with most voters not even being aware of its existence In 2002, it was determined that the Federal Wire Act doesn’t restrict online gambling. The UIGEA law was fueled by the controversial findings from the National Gambling Impact Study Commission whose findings asserted that online gambling. The UIGEA outlines criminal penalties to include up to five years in prison, fines, and being banned from future gambling activities. So, the UIGEA is an enforcement act that can be used to add penalties to existing crimes for internet gaming operators that process financial transactions.

UNLAWFUL INTERNET GAMBLING ENFORCEMENT ACT (UIGEA)

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The unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) of 2006 prohibits any person engaged in the business of betting or wagering, as defined in the Act, from knowingly accepting payments in connection with the participation of another person in unlawful Internet gambling. The Department of Treasury and the Federal Reserve Board have issued a joint final rule, Regulation GG to implement this Act.

As defined in Regulation GG, unlawful Internet gambling means to “place,
receive or otherwise knowingly transmit a bet or wager by any means which involves the use, at least in part, of the Internet where such bet or wager is unlawful under any applicable Federal or State law or tribal lands in which the bet or wager is initiated, received or otherwise made”.

As a member of Priority First Federal Credit Union, these restricted transactions are prohibited from being processed through your account or banking relationship with us. If you do engage in an Internet gambling business and open a new account with us, we will ask that you provide evidence of your legal capacity to do so.

Please contact Priority First Federal Credit Union 364 Midway Drive, DuBois, PA 15801 or call at 814-371-4817 if you would like additional information on UIGEA or Regulation GG.

Without a doubt, the UIGEA and Black Friday mark two of the most significant points in the history of American online poker. But as important as both events were - and continue to be - in shaping online poker in the United States, several misunderstandings and misconceptions about the UIGEA and Black Friday persist.

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Let's take a few minutes to detail and demystify two events that changed the lives of countless online poker players from America, starting with the UIGEA and then moving on to Black Friday.