ראשית, להבנתנו, אין בו קביעה נחרצת שהימורי אינטרנט אינם חוקיים. יש בו הוראה שבמקום שהימורי אינטרנט אינם חוקיים על-פי דינים פדראליים או מדינתיים, נאסר על אדם שעיסוקו בהימורים כאלה לגבות תשלומים באמצעות אשראי, שיקים, העברות אלקטרוניות וכו'. העובר על הוראה זו, דינו מאסר 5 שנים. בנוסף מורה החוק לקבוע תוך 270 יום כללים ונהלים לזיהוי העברות כספיות בלתי-מורשות כאלה ולחסימתן.
להלן חלק מההוראות הרלבנטיות שבחוק -
UNLAWFUL INTERNET GAMBLING.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘unlawful Internet gambling’
means to place, receive, or otherwise knowingly
transmit a bet or wager by any means which involves
the use, at least in part, of the Internet where such bet
or wager is unlawful under any applicable Federal or State
law in the State or Tribal lands in which the bet or wager
is initiated, received, or otherwise made.
‘‘§ 5363. Prohibition on acceptance of any financial instrument for unlawful Internet gambling ‘‘No person engaged in the business of betting or wagering may knowingly accept, in connection with the participation of another person in unlawful Internet gambling— ‘‘(1) credit, or the proceeds of credit, extended to or on behalf of such other person (including credit extended through the use of a credit card); ‘‘(2) an electronic fund transfer, or funds transmitted by or through a money transmitting business, or the proceeds of an electronic fund transfer or money transmitting service, from or on behalf of such other person; ‘‘(3) any check, draft, or similar instrument which is drawn by or on behalf of such other person and is drawn on or payable at or through any financial institution; or ‘‘(4) the proceeds of any other form of financial transaction, as the Secretary and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System may jointly prescribe by regulation, which involves a financial institution as a payor or financial intermediary on behalf of or for the benefit of such other person.
‘‘§ 5364. Policies and procedures to identify and prevent restricted transactions ‘‘(a) REGULATIONS.—Before the end of the 270-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this subchapter, the Secretary and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, in consultation with the Attorney General, shall prescribe regulations (which the Secretary and the Board jointly determine to be appropriate) requiring each designated payment system, and all participants therein, to identify and block or otherwise prevent or prohibit restricted transactions through the establishment of policies and procedures reasonably designed to identify and block or otherwise prevent or prohibit the acceptance of restricted transactions
‘‘§ 5363. Prohibition on acceptance of any financial instrument for unlawful Internet gambling ‘‘No person engaged in the business of betting or wagering may knowingly accept, in connection with the participation of another person in unlawful Internet gambling— ‘‘(1) credit, or the proceeds of credit, extended to or on behalf of such other person (including credit extended through the use of a credit card); ‘‘(2) an electronic fund transfer, or funds transmitted by or through a money transmitting business, or the proceeds of an electronic fund transfer or money transmitting service, from or on behalf of such other person; ‘‘(3) any check, draft, or similar instrument which is drawn by or on behalf of such other person and is drawn on or payable at or through any financial institution; or ‘‘(4) the proceeds of any other form of financial transaction, as the Secretary and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System may jointly prescribe by regulation, which involves a financial institution as a payor or financial intermediary on behalf of or for the benefit of such other person.
‘‘§ 5364. Policies and procedures to identify and prevent restricted transactions ‘‘(a) REGULATIONS.—Before the end of the 270-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this subchapter, the Secretary and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, in consultation with the Attorney General, shall prescribe regulations (which the Secretary and the Board jointly determine to be appropriate) requiring each designated payment system, and all participants therein, to identify and block or otherwise prevent or prohibit restricted transactions through the establishment of policies and procedures reasonably designed to identify and block or otherwise prevent or prohibit the acceptance of restricted transactions