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Illegal Gambling

by Jerry "Jet" Whittaker
April 04, 2006

What is illegal gambling?

Title 18, United States Constitution, Sec. 1955, makes the illegal gambling a Federal crime or offense for anyone to conduct it. According to the title 18, United States Constitution, Sec. 1955 the illegal gambling business is defined as to be a gambling business which:
1. Is a violation of the law of the state in which it is conducted; and
2. Involves five or more persons who conduct, finance, manage, supervise, direct or own all or part of such business; and
3. Has been or remains in substantially continuous operation for a period in excess of thirty days, or has gross revenue of $2,000 in any single day.

What are the activities which cause the illegal gambling?

There are many types of gambling activities which come under the definition of the illegal gambling. The activity is legal or not depends upon the laws of that particular state. An activity can be legal in one state and the same activity can be illegal to the other state. The laws in then Las Vegas are the most flexible and in the New York and Nova Scotia the gambling activity is illegal. The term illegal is all unsanctioned gambling activities, where money, goods, services or commodities are bet or wagered for profit or entertainment are illegal. In order to legalize these activities these activities should be authorized and also regularized by the state government. The New York is one of the states in the United States of America which has prohibited the illegal gambling activity. In the New York no lottery or the sale of lottery tickets or pool-selling or book-making, or any other kind of gambling are illegal except the lotteries operated by the state. But now with the universal access to computers and technical modernization in Internet it is easy to commit the illegal gambling activity. The illegal online gambling is growing exponentially, it is found out that Internet gambling sites have increased from 35 in 1997 to roughly 1,800 today. The Internet has made illegal gambling accessible to millions of Americans because it is very hard to stop the illegal gambling.

Problems Associated with illegal Gambling activities:

There are many kinds of problem which are associated by the illegal gambling such as it eases Criminal Activities, encourages youth gambling, and also places a toll on society. To get rid of these problems there is a need for strong laws.


 




 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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