excerpt:

The Pauma Band of Mission Indians launched a virtual casino on its Web site last month; it offers video slot machines, table games and card games.

The first of its kind in the region, the site allows customers to play games of chance at home for fun or for credits that can be redeemed at the tribe’s casino. The Pauma tribe partnered with GameLogic, a Boston-based firm, to provide the online system.

As long as no money changes hands, it’s perfectly legal, a gambling law professor said. Federal law prohibits online gambling.

“If you can’t lose, it’s not gambling,” said professor I. Nelson Rose, who specializes in gambling law at Whittier Law School in Costa Mesa.

But state gaming officials aren’t so sure.

Click here to read more:
REGION: Pauma tribe offers virtual casino : North County Times - Californian

Tags: CA

This entry was posted on Tuesday, September 9th, 2008 at 6:27 am and is filed under CA, Headlines, Legal, State. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or from your own site.