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現状では州内に入ったのにログインできないなんて報告もあるようで、かなり厳し目に位置の確認などをしているようだ。
アメリカではギャンブルを地区で限定している。
ネットに展開するとどこからでもとなるので、そうならないように仕組みを組んでいる。
したがって、いろいろハッキングもあるかもしれないが、ニュージャージー州に限っての話。
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25051312
Online gambling in New Jersey signals US expansion
By Dave Lee Technology reporter, BBC News
Las Vegas strip Despite giving the world Las Vegas, the US has resisted online gambling
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Online gambling has been launched in the state of New Jersey, a sign that the US may slowly be opening up to the multibillion-dollar industry.
Unlike in many countries, online gambling remains prohibited by the US government because of legislation passed in 1961.
Individual states may allow online gambling if it does not cross borders.
A test is under way in New Jersey to make sure only people within the state can play.
Until now, only two of the country's 50 states, Nevada and Delaware, allowed online gambling and heavy restrictions are in place.
Gamblers with chips Online gambling companies want federal laws first set in 1961 to be relaxed
Geolocation technology, which checks where a person is logging on, is typically used to lock out gamblers from further afield.
In New Jersey, people taking part in the test have suggested the restrictions have been overbearing.
One user told the Associated Press news agency that he drove 30 miles further into the state to log on, but was still getting locked out because the system failed to recognise he was within New Jersey.
Despite these troubles, gambling in the state is expected to launch in full next week, with 14 websites on offer.
State-to-state
Although the US gave the world the glitz of Las Vegas and the bright lights of Atlantic City, the federal government has for the most part rejected the online gambling industry.
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The estimates for the New Jersey [gambling market] alone run somewhere between $250m and $1.2bn”
Mark Jordan PricewaterhouseCoopers
The 1961 Wire Act means a state can decide to allow online gambling, but only if sites and players are based within its borders.
The gambling industry is pressing for the federal government to greatly relax its stance, bringing it into line with other markets, such as the UK.
"A federal law, should it come in the future, would allow for a customer in California to play poker against a citizen in New Jersey," said Mark Jordan, a director at accountancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers, who has researched the online gaming market extensively.
"At the moment you cannot do that. That's prohibited. What a lot of the operators are hoping is that as the states prove this can be done, and that it's safe, that the federal laws will change to allow state-to-state gaming."
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