1955 (2) to use the telephone or telecommunications to conduct an illegal gambling business involving sporting events or contests under the Wire Act, 18 U.S.C. It is a federal crime (1) to conduct an illegal gambling business under the Illegal Gambling Business Act, 18 U.S.C. Illicit Internet gambling implicates at least seven federal criminal statutes. State officials and others have expressed concern that the Internet may be used to bring illegal gambling into their jurisdictions. Gambling is primarily a matter of state law, reinforced by federal law in instances where the presence of an interstate or foreign element might otherwise frustrate the enforcement policies of state law.
This is a summary of the federal criminal statutes implicated by conducting illegal gambling using the Internet.
