Sentences with phrase «illegal gambling if»

Under New York penal law 225, a contest is illegal gambling if a player stakes «something of value» in a contest that the player does not «control or influence the outcome.»

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And that group is not being replaced by millennials who, if they do gamble, are attracted to claims of bigger and faster payoffs at more upscale casinos or through illegal off - shore internet sites they can access on their phones.

Even if New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie succeeds in legalizing - and taxing - sports gambling, illegal bookmakers will still have a thriving business according to two former mobsters who once took illegal bets, reports Jack Ford.

We may, but are not required to, decline a transaction on your Account for any of the following reasons: (A) because of operational considerations, (B) because your Account is in default, (C) if we suspect fraudulent or unlawful activity, (D) we reasonably believe a transaction may be challenged as illegal under state or federal law (such as casino gambling on the Internet), or (E) in our discretion, for any other reason.

As if the facts above weren't great enough for a contracts exam question, the case is further complicated by the fact that (a) brother Troy, not Bakaysa, bought the winning ticket, and (b) Connecticut law makes gambling contracts illegal (which led the lower court to dismiss Sokaitis» lawsuit seeking her share).

So if you solicit 19 and 20 year old people in Illinois to take a bus trip to Iowa to gamble that is illegal.

As to if it is illegal gambling, that would depend on the law in the jurisdiction where it takes place: for an internet transaction this could be the jurisdiction of the website owner or the user or both.