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Long title | An Act to prevent the use of certain payment instruments, credit cards, and fund transfers for unlawful Internet gambling, and for other purposes. |
Acronyms (colloquial) | UIGEA |
Nicknames | Internet Gambling Prohibition and Enforcement Act |
Enacted by | the 109th United States Congress |
Effective | October 13, 2006 |
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Public law | 109-347 |
Statutes at Large | 120 Stat. 1884 aka 120 Stat. 1952 |
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Titles amended | 31 U.S.C.: Money and Finance |
U.S.C. sections created | 31 U.S.C. ch. 53, subch. IV § 5361 et seq. |
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The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 (UIGEA) is United States legislation regulating online gambling. It was added as Title VIII to the SAFE Port Act (found at 31 U.S.C. §§ 5361–5367) which otherwise regulated port security. The UIGEA prohibits gambling businesses from "knowingly accepting payments in connection with the participation of another person in a bet or wager that involves the use of the Internet and that is unlawful under any federal or state law."[1] The act specifically excludes fantasy sports that meet certain requirements, skill games, and legal intrastate and intertribal gaming. The law does not expressly mention state lotteries, nor does it clarify whether interstate wagering on horse racing is legal.