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1. sugardaddy28
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   Our records show that you may have used your NetSpend Visa® Prepaid Debit Card for internet gambling transactions in the past.

   Beginning May 31, 2010, MasterCard and Visa will begin complying with the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act by blocking all online gambling transactions attempted by U.S. cardholders. This means you will not be able to use your NetSpend card or account for internet based gambling transactions. Internet gambling transactions will be automatically declined to comply with these federal regulations. NetSpend has no control over this change.

   Are we sure we live in a country that believes in freedom?

   Posted 1 week ago #

2. Big Jim Slade v2.0
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   It looks like a case of overblocking. We, as players, knew it was coming.

   The appropriate action to me seems to be to file a lawsuit against the Card Company challenging this typ of action.

   I wonder if anyone has a plan to deal with this?

   Posted 1 week ago #

3. Adambomb
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   How could you file a lawsuit against something that actually is a law? I don't understand your reasoning. To say it's unconstitutional wouldn't be a good argument as the burden is on the financial institutions, not you. Regardless, it's not worth a fight as there are better arguments out there to be had.

   Posted 3 days ago #

4. Big Jim Slade v2.0
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   While keeping people from depositing money into a poker account may or may not be constitutional, banks are not the government and therefore in general you cannot sue with a claim they are acting unconstitutionally. The "unconstitutional" argument tends to only apply to government actors.

   In this case the government has ceded it's power to private actors, the banks, for them to decide what is legal and what is not. While, ill planned on my part, my thought was to not try to attack the government, but to go after the banks.

   If a bank refuses to accept my transaction, then I have been harmed. Redressing harm is the basis for most law suits. The bank has the ability to choose to accept my transaction or not.

   The law offers some form of immunity to banks for making the "wrong" choice and overblocking. If this immunity is air tight and iron clad then my original thought is pointless.

   And what are your "better arguments"?

   Posted 3 days ago #

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