"Eventually, Americans will not use American currency to make wagers online," Hawkins said. "That's ultimately how to beat the government crackdown.The federal government can't stop gambling.
"They'll use pounds or euros or Canadian dollars, and then the U.S. financial system won't be involved at all. How this will all be done exactly, I'm not sure, but something will be set up. Online gambling is not going away."
Among the foreign e-wallets used by American online gamblers are NuCharge (www.nucharge.net), Make a Deposit (www.makeadeposit.net) and EcoCard (www.ecocard.com).
Online sportsbooks are encouraging American bettors to use these and similar methods to fund online gambling.
Monday, March 12, 2007
Internet gambling works around law meant to block it
The San Francisco Chronicle reports on internet gambling.Mr. Russ Hawkins has some interesting comments :
