Many believe that playing online Blackjack from the United States is illegal but that is just not the case. While the United States government did pass laws inhibiting online gambling from Americans, they did not actually make playing at an nline casino illegal – at least to the best of our knowledge.
The US government passed the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) back in 2006 but this did not make online gambling illegal. Rather it made it illegal for US banking institutions and offshore gambling outfits to knowingly process money transactions for gambling purposes. This was their attempt to stop untaxed money flowing overseas and generating revenue which they could not tax.
In response to the UIGEA some online casinos, poker room and sportsbooks decided to no longer allow USA players. The main reason for this was that the ones who did decide to stop allowing US players were publicly traded companies and many of them were traded on the London Stock Exchange. Because they were a public company they knew that the consequences could be bad especially in the eyes of the public and shareholders they dedcided to disallow US players.
Other casinos, poker rooms and sportsbooks which were privately owned decided to continue to allow existing players and accept new USA players as well. Because they were incorporated and licensed in countries outside the United States they feel they do not need to abide by US laws. After all do US companies abide by foreign laws?
The banking institutions in the United States also tried and continue to identify if a transaction is gambling related. If it is and they know it is most likely they will not honor it. This is the reason why your credit card is declined many times. But because the banks cannot look at every transaction and some casinos have processors that also feel they do not need to abide by US law, some casinos do a great job getting credit card deposits approved. For this reason you can still get deposits approved and play Blackjack online.
So if you want to play online blackjack from the United States you just need to find a USA friendly casino. If the casino accepts USA players chances are they get your credit card deposit approved or offer other methods to fund your account.
Again playing Blackjack online is not illegal to the best of our knowledge. We are not lawyers but all the research we have done suggests that playing online blackjack is not illegal. The onus is on the banking institutions and the actual online casinos are they are the only ones that could get into any trouble by allowing USA residents to play.
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