Legality of Online Poker sites that accept USA players

Hello Everyone, new member here, so I apologize in advance if I am posting this in the wrong spot.

I have been doing some research and it seems like sites like Bovada and Carbon Poker accept USA players. How do sites such as Bovada and Carbon get around the bane of my existence, the Unlawful Internet gambling act? I understand that poker is not illegal in most states, with the exception of a few like Kentucky which has made it illegal. I live in California which has not made it illegal.... yet. But the unlawful internet gambling act essentially makes it impossible to deposit and withdraw funds into online poker sites. I have seen sites like Brovad and Carbon poker accepts usa credit cards and prepaid credit cards, but I am not sure how they can do this without breaking the UIGEA.

Since I still have over 3K stuck on fulltilt, I am a little apprehensive to deposit money on these sites. I guess what I would like to know is, what is the possibility of these sites being shut down in the future by the DOJ much like Stars and Fulltilt were?

Well when you deposit on say bovada or carbon the charge on your credit card will read something like wigs4-chimpanzees or hongkong-pingpong-supplies. Therefore visa just thinks you have a pet chimp who happens to like to play ping-pong...lol

As for being shut down is anyone's guess just try and keep your roll to the bare mininum and hope for the best

JFK that is not what I want to hear, cause that is exactly how and why fulltilt and stars got busted, its essentially bank fraud and the feds can do whatever they want then. Still Crying!!!

JFKblownaway said:

Well when you deposit on say bovada or carbon the charge on your credit card will read something like wigs4-chimpanzees or hongkong-pingpong-supplies. Therefore visa just thinks you have a pet chimp who happens to like to play ping-pong...lol

As for being shut down is anyone's guess just try and keep your roll to the bare mininum and hope for the best

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I completely agree with keeping your roll small. You never know when it will all come crashing down....so best to build from small roll and keep a playable amount on but withdraw regularly if you are doing well

It's really hard to say who, or when the next site will go down. I for wine just really hope that no other sites go down. But only time by tell.