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Look at t his Oscar Goodman quote below:
Kerry Rogers’s WagerNet, currently based in Nevada, and still in the testing phase, hopes to be in operation for the 1996 American football season.
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The WagerNet advertisement on the Web promises to “provide sports fans with a legal way to bet on sporting events from anywhere in the world . . . 24 Hours a Day!�
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At the bottom of the advertisement, WagerNet warns gamblers to “PLEASE CONSULT YOUR LOCAL, COUNTY, AND STATE AUTHORITIES REGARDING RESTRICTIONS ON OFF-SHORE SPORTS BETTING VIA TELEPHONE.�
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Under section 8.2 of its Terms and Conditions Agreement, WagerNet cites federal anti- gambling law,
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claiming that it applies only to individuals “engaged in the business of betting or wagering,�
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and that the subscribers warrant they “are using the WagerNet system for [their] own personal use.�
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Oscar Goodman, an attorney for WagerNet, explains that section 1084’s “business of betting� language does not apply to WagerNet, because WagerNet is a brokerage service.
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None of the three off-shore sites, however, ban or block participation from the United States