Interstate Gaming Compacts
OPEN FOR INTRASTATE PLAY:
POKER
What activities are subject to the US Illegal Gambling Business Act After DiCristina?
IS A GAME OF
SKILL
- United States v. Dicristina, No. 11-cr-414, 2012 WL 3573895 (E.D.N.Y. Aug. 21, 2012), appeal docketed, No. 12-3720 (2d Cir. Sept. 19, 2012)
- How is “gambling” defined under the IGBA?
NOT CHANCE
- Skill v. chance: does peer-to-peer poker fall within the IGBA’s definition?
- If so, is the activity proscribed under state law?
- Awaiting the Second Circuit’s decision on appeal
- Kim Dotcom
- Richard O’Dwyer
- Anton Ivanov
Licensing Case Study in Nevada
Relevant Federal Statutes
Criminal Copyright Infringement--
17 U.S.C. § 506(a)and 18 U.S.C. § 2319
Notable Case: U.S. v. Cabrera, et al. 2:09-cr-00173 (D. Nv.)
Brief History of Online Piracy
Enforcement in the U.S.
Three Eras of Internet Gambling
in the United States
- 1998 - 2006 : Public Companies Come To Dominate
- 2007 - 2011: Private Companies Fill The Void
- 2012 - ?: Federalism at its Finest?
Extraterritorial
Enforcement
A Brief History of Gaming Enforcement in the US
SPEAKERS
Isn’t Money Enough?
Jeff Ifrah
Non-Criminal Alternatives –
Civil Forfeiture
What Are The Odds?
MODERATOR
- Procedural Hurdles - Extradition
- Extradition treaties
- Dual Criminality
- Substantive Hurdles – Unresolved Questions of Federal and State Law
ABA White Collar Crime Institute 2013, Las Vegas, NV
Tom Goldstein
Arlo Devlin-Brown
PANELIST
Assistant United States
Attorney, SDNY
Partner,
Goldstein & Russell,
Washington, DC
Randall Sayre
Richard Nathan
PANELIST
Former Member,
Nevada Gaming Control Board
Special Counsel at Robinson,
Waters & O’Dorisio, P.C.
What are
the Odds?