Gambling servers

[Dracmorair]

Utah

I live in utah, plan on start up a gambling site / business.
Would my servers have to reside in a gambling state?
Or would I have to buy the business licence in Nevada to do so?

Any loopholes? such as putting a P.O. Box in Nevada as the primary address, as the address of the business?

Will I have to move to Nevada to run the business from location? Or does a internet business running have to reside in a state that allows it?

 

[Some Random Guy]

If you plan to offer internert gambling, expect to physically reside in another country and have the servers in that country. Period.

 

[HomeGuru]

If you plan to offer internert gambling, expect to physically reside in another country and have the servers in that country. Period.

**A: that was done before and the people still got busted by US Federal agents.

 

[Dracmorair]

And Iwin and other type of skill based tournements?

 

[Dracmorair]

Are skill-based tournaments gambling?
In general gambling involves any activity in which each of the following elements is present: (1) the award of a prize, (2) determined on the basis of chance, (3) where consideration is paid. If, however, any of these three elements is missing, then the activity is not considered gambling. Since all of our games are skill-based we have effectively removed the element of chance.

Boy, think I should have researched this in the first place. But thanks anyhow.

 

[Some Random Guy]

Homeguru, you are quite correct that you can still be arrested. The operating from another country was the bare minimum for doing things properly. You must still ban US based users from your sites, ban users from certain other countries, not accept credit cards from US banks and a host of other things.

Dracmorair, your definition of gambling is good, but irrelevant. What matters is the definition used by each of the 50 US states and the federal government.

 

[Dracmorair]

Are there states that prohibit its residents from playing cash competitions?
The rules governing games, tournaments and other contests with entry fees and/or prizes are set up by each individual state, not by the federal government. Based on these 50 sets of laws, we don't offer fee-based games and tournaments to residents of the following states: Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Iowa, Louisiana, and Vermont.

So I'm perfectly legal if I restrict my game-play to the others.

 

[Some Random Guy]

Alright, now you've confused me.

You originally asked about hosting internet gambling as a future business venture. But now you ask youself a question about cash competitions and answer your own question stating that you are already running these competitions.

What's up?

 

[Dracmorair]

A) Thats the problem with most law abiding citizens these days. The use one term to classify many things. Gambling to encase skill-based gaming. I just learned why these skill-based gaming sites are still legal in most states.

Quote: So I'm perfectly legal if I restrict my game-play to the others.

B) "IF" was the key word there. as in future-tense.