国际和美国网络游戏法律

　　网上赌博和网上投注 网上赌博已成为每年一亿美元的行业。考虑到网络游戏十年前几乎不存在，这是惊人的数字。有网上赌博的几大类型，包括在线扑克游戏，在线赌场，体育博彩和宾果游戏。

　　在线扑克

　　在线扑克室，在线游戏网站已经成为一个巨大的意外之财。人们都看着专业和业余赌徒的世界扑克系列赛，以及扑克FoxSports，旅游频道，NBC和布拉沃频道节目在ESPN广播的滑稽动作。

　　在家里看的玩家自然要一个合法的高赌注的扑克游戏的快感，但可能不会有机会到当地的赌场。网络扑克室是一个完美的目的地，这样的球员。

　　在线扑克网站提供基于TI的游戏保持EM，奥马哈，七张牌梭哈和其他所有最喜爱的扑克变种。在线扑克软件是为了模拟一个9人或10人扑克桌，在这里玩家可以与他们的对手，而试图读取它们的感觉。

　　聊天功能允许一个球员向对手倾斜，通过针刺或只是为了祝贺另一名球员的手良好的发挥。在线扑克室经常有每个球员在表的记事本，让你收集你所面对的每一个对手的想法和倾向。

　　在线赌场

　　网上赌博娱乐场模拟的砖和砂浆的赌场。 通过使用相同数量的发电机组，已确定老虎机和视频扑克机的困境，在过去的20年左右的时间，你可以玩在线掷骰子、轮盘、百家乐、二十一点、角子机或视频扑克。

　　有些游戏模拟现场体验比别人好。不过，无论您最喜爱的赌场游戏，你将能够找到一个家庭版的游戏，在一个网上赌博娱乐场。

　　网上体育博彩

　　体育博彩仍然是一个巨大的产业，在世界各地。互联网体育博彩更快，更conveniant比以往任何时候面前。这个网站将刊载在本地的体育博彩和彩池被覆盖的所有国家的法律。

　　网上宾果游戏

　　不管你相信与否，在线赌博在网上赌博的产业扩张最快的游戏之一。宾果传统上不具有责任，扑克或21点，可能有一些，主要是因为宾果游戏通常是一个非营利或慈善基金会。

　　网上宾果游戏模拟现场宾果游戏厅的经验做了很好的工作。你甚至可以了解正在运行的网上宾果游戏网站不以营利为目的的组织。 聊天让宾果游戏玩家在游戏中与他人交往。

　　唯一的主要不同之处砖和砂浆的宾果游戏厅和在线赌博网站的选手池的大小。由于网上宾果游戏建立可以容纳更多的宾果游戏球员比现场宾果游戏环境，宾果游戏困境可以得到很多在互联网上。

　　eCOGRA的

　　eCOGRA的是一个监管机构，对网上赌博的。“E-Cogra几个较大的赌博机构在英国希望这些游戏利益，如果他们自我调节的行业，保持国家政府的网络游戏行业。的思维过程是很象在世界的好莱坞评级委员会和许多其他行业的自律监管机构的监管职能。

　　网上赌博的衣服可以申请eCOGRA的批准印章。这就是所谓的“安全、公平”的印章。当你在线赌博时，你可能会检查这eCOGRA的密封，以确保您选择的赌场是安全的。你就会知道，eCOGRA的成员都是合法的。如果一个成员做了你认为是可疑的，让eCOGRA.org知道您的投诉或关注。eCOGRA的提供comlaintants提供一个公平的游戏倡导的访问。

　　E-cogra代表的电子商务和网络游戏的监管和保证。

　　在UIGEA

　　2006年10月，美国国会决定通过非法互联网赌博执行法案，通常被称为UIGEA。的UIGEA没有创建新的权力，以执行网络赌博，但为了扩大1963年前的权力。

　　线法是通过有组织犯罪后，虽然多年来许多不同的目的，建议扩大法律主张严格的政府执法。多年的线法对自由的解释，认为赌博是不道德的和危险的。

　　参议员乔恩·凯尔和比尔·弗里斯特率领的收费UIGEA，创造新的和自由的执法标准线法。从本质上讲，司法部不会惩罚美国的网上赌客。

　　相反，UIGEA允许联邦调查局去后，互联网货币交易公司处理网上赌场之间的金钱往来和互联网赌徒。去后，美国政府将互联网赌博经营者和美国的游戏爱好者之间的资金流动。

　　网上赌博的恐慌

　　在之后的UIGEA，一些网上赌场，在线扑克室和网络赌场的软件设计师们在美国市场。其他人则决定继续做业务的正常。那些公开上市的私人投资者之间的分裂的网上赌场的软件公司来。上市公司的决定，以避免更大的风险，美国选手。

　　同时，处理自己的银行交易的网上赌场，像正常进行。 这还不包括许多在线博彩网站，博狗能够利用这个漏洞继续其在美国的业务。 博狗处理自己的金钱交易，所以司法部去后有没有金融的关键所在。

　　UIGEA是通过后不久，谁倡导的行为，共和党失去了国会的控制权。在美国众议院和参议院的权力与民主派，主张美国在线赌博开始组织一个活动，第一条的权力，联邦政府批准的互联网赌博业，并让州政府执行其法律，第二个开始系统的活动，以改变国家法律的在线博彩行业的青睐。

　　国际在线赌博

　　同时，赌博的法律已经被世界上许多国家放松。世界贸易组织一直倡导较小的国家，如安提瓜巴布达，在国际球员的权利，争辩说，美国政府实施其拥有的法律不均匀，在此期间拒绝遵守美国官员签署的条约的。

　　特别是条约的问题是服务贸易总协定，否则被称为“服务贸易总协定”条约“。该条约规定，如果一个国家允许自己的公民保持在自己的国家，同一个国家不能禁止外国公司做同样的服务。

　　WTO“服务贸易总协定”条约

　　在网上赌博的情况下，WTO裁定美国赛马业和国家彩票，美国的游戏利益，如提供给美国公民的赌博。这样一来，美国就无法从美国赌客在他们的网站中禁止外国的在线赌场。

　　目前美国政府声称，彩池投注的乐透是不是不道德和危险的，而互联网的扑克和互联网赌场肯定。这一争端是如何发挥出来，是任何人的猜测，但假设是，目前的辩论将继续沿着这些线路至少要等到新的一届政府在2009年年初上任。

　　同时，赌博是获得更广泛的接受世界各地的大部分。在过去一年中，俄罗斯和法国已经放松限制赌场的扑克，而在最近几年，日本、中国、韩国、台湾和半打其他东亚国家已经放宽了对赌博的立场上。

　　有些人还声称，网上赌博进行监管更加紧密地砖和砂浆的机构，因为方便的互联网博彩，使得游戏更危险的的平均房价赌徒的。 一个政治家，甚至标记为“赌博”快克可卡因一种形式的在线从头开始权衡。

　　不断发展的网络游戏法律

　　由于网上赌博是一个新的概念，国际赌博的法律将在未来十年继续发展。一些国家将使它更容易为网络游戏玩家打下了赌注，而其他国家将关闭了他们认为是危险的漏洞在本地赌博的法律，从来没有设想全球赌博利息家用电脑。

　　同时，电子技术的进步将使其更易于网上赌博。在不太遥远的将来，赌徒会是能够奠定了赌注押在一项体育赛事，通过他们的手机或iPhone上的一个接口，能够实时跟踪的游戏或活动。

　　译文：

　　Online Gambling and Online BettingOnline gambling has become a billion dollar a year industry. Considering that internet gaming hardly existed ten years ago, those are staggering numbers. There are several major types of online gambling, including online poker, online casinos, sports betting and bingo.

　　Online Poker

　　Online poker rooms have become a huge windfall for online gaming websites. People have watched the antics of professional and amateur gamblers on the ESPN broadcasts of the World Series of Poker, as well as poker shows on Travel Channel, FoxSports, NBC and the Bravo Channel.

　　Players watching at home naturally want the thrill of a legal high stakes poker game, but might not have access to a local casino. The internet poker room is the perfect destination for such players.

　　Online poker websites offer games based on Texas Hold Em, Omaha, Seven Card Stud and all the other favorite poker variants. Online poker software is meant to simulate the feel of a 9-man or 10-man poker table, where players can interact with their opponents while trying to read them.

　　Chat features allow a player to put an opponent on tilt through needling or just to congratulate another player on a hand well-played. Online poker rooms often have notepads for each player at the table, allowing you to collect thoughts and tendencies of every opponent you face.

　　Online Casinos

　　Online casinos simulate the brick and mortar casinos. Through the use of the same number generators that have determined slot machine and video poker machine jackpots for the last 20 years or so, you can play online craps, roulette, baccarat, blackjack, slots or video poker.

　　Some games simulate the live experience better than others. Whatever your favorite casino game, though, you'll be able to find a home version of the game at an online casino.

　　Online Sports Betting

　　Sports betting remains a huge industry throughout the world. The internet has made sports betting quicker and more conveniant than it ever has before. This website will feature information on the local sports betting and pari-mutuel laws in all the countries being covered.

　　Online Bingo

　　Believe it or not, online bingo is one of the fastest-expanding games in the online gambling industry. Bingo traditionally doesn't have the onus that poker or blackjack might have for some, mainly because bingo is usually for a non-profit or charity foundation.

　　Online bingo does a good job of simulating the live bingo hall experience. You can even learn which not-for-profit organization is running the online bingo website. Chats allow bingo players to socialize with others in the game.

　　The only major different in brick-and-mortar bingo parlors and online bingo sites is the size of the contestant pool. Because an online bingo establishment can accommodate a whole lot more bingo players than a live bingo environment, the bingo jackpots can be a lot larger on the internet.

　　eCOGRA

　　eCOGRA is a regulatory authority for online gambling. E-Cogra was founded by several of the larger gambling institutions in the U.K. These gaming interests hoped that, if they self-regulated the industry, it would keep national government out of the online gaming industry. The thought process was much like the regulatory functions of the Hollywood ratings committee and many other such industry-wide self-regulatory bodies in the world.

　　Online gambling outfits can apply for the eCogra seal of approval. This is known as the "safe and fair" seal. When you gamble online, you might check for this eCogra seal to make sure your casino of choice is safe. You will know that eCOGRA members are legitimate. And if a member does something you think is suspicious, let eCOGRA.org know about your complaint or concern. ECOGRA offers comlaintants access to advise from a Fair Gaming Advocate.

　　E-cogra stands for eCommerce and Online Gaming Regulation and Assurance.

　　The UIGEA

　　In October of 2006, the U.S. Congress decided to pass the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, often called the UIGEA. The UIGEA did not create new powers to enforce internet gambling, but was meant to expand the powers of the 1963 Wire Act.

　　The Wire Act was passed to go after organized crime, though advocates of stringent government law enforcement have suggested expanding the law for many different purposes over the years. Those who view gambling as immoral and dangerous have called for liberal interpretations of the Wire Act for years.

　　Senators Jon Kyl and Bill Frist led the charge for the UIGEA, which created new and liberal enforcement standards for the Wire Act. Essentially, the Justice Department would not punish American online gamblers.

　　Instead, the UIGEA allowed the Feds to go after the internet money transaction companies which processed money exchanges between online casinos and internet gamblers. The U.S. government would go after the flow of money between internet gambling operators and U.S. gaming enthusiasts.

　　Online Gambling Panic

　　In the wake of the UIGEA, certain online casinos, online poker rooms and internet casino software designers got out of the U.S. market. Others decided to continue to do business as normal. The split for the online casino software companies came between those which were publicly-traded and those with private investors. The public companies decided to avoid the greater risks of taking U.S. players.

　　Meanwhile, online casinos who handled their own bank transactions were free to carry on like normal. This didn't include many online gaming sites, though Bodog is able to use this loophole to continue its American operations. Bodog handles its own money transactions, so there is no financial lynchpin for the Department of Justice to go after.

　　Soon after the UIGEA was passed, the Republicans who championed the act lost control of the Congress. With Democrats in power in the U.S. House and Senate, advocates of U.S. online gambling began to organize a campaign to first strip the powers of the federal government to sanction the internet gambling industry and let the state governments enforce their laws, and second to begin a systematic campaign to change the state laws in the favor of the online betting industry.

　　International Online Gambling

　　Meanwhile, gambling laws have been loosened in many countries worldwide. The World Trade Organization has championed the rights of smaller nations like Barbuda-Antigua in taking international players, arguing that the United States government enforces their owns laws unevenly and in the meantime refuse to abide by treaties signed by American officials.

　　The particular treaty in question is the General Agreement on Trade in Services, otherwise known as the GATS Treaty. This treaty stipulates that if a nation allows its own citizens to maintain services in their country, that the same nation cannot bar foreign companies from doing the same.

　　The WTO and the GATS Treaty

　　In the online gambling case, the WTO ruled that the U.S. allows American gaming interests, such as the horse racing industry and the state lottery, to provide gambling to American citizens. By doing so, the U.S. cannot bar foreign-based online casinos from taking American gamblers at their websites.

　　The current U.S. administration claims that pari-mutuel betting and the lotto are not immoral and dangerous, while internet poker and internet casinos certainly are. How this dispute plays out is anyone's guess, though the assumption is the current debate will continue along these lines at least until a new administration takes office in early 2009.

　　Meanwhile, gambling is gaining wider acceptance throughout much of the rest of the world. Russia and France have loosened restrictions on casino poker in the past year, while Japan, China, Korea, Taiwan and a half dozen other East Asian countries have liberalized their stance on gambling in recent years.

　　Some people still claim that online gambling should be policed more closely than brick and mortar establishments, because the convenience of internet betting makes the game more dangerous for the average house gambler. One politician has even labelled one form of online scratch-offs as "the crack cocaine of gambling".

　　Evolving Online Gaming Laws

　　Because online gambling is such a new concept, international gambling laws will continue to evolve in the next ten years. Some countries will make it easier for internet gamers to lay a bet, while other countries will close what they believe are dangerous loopholes in local gambling laws which never envisioned global gambling interest on home computers.

　　At the same time, advances in electronic technology will make it easier to gamble online. In the not too distant future, gamblers will be able to lay a bet on a sporting event through an interface on their cellphone or iPhone and be able to keep track of the game or event in real time.