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The feedback will only be used for improving the website. If you need assistance, please contact the Trial Court Law Libraries. Please limit your input to 500 characters. "We deliver our software and help set it up and we make sure it's being used in places where it is legal to be used," Stuart says. The software, however, is designed to be used in a time-shared environment where clients can place it on a server and sub-license it to casinos and other sports bookers. "We have very few clients that are actually in the gambling business themselves. In some cases they're directly taking the bets, but it's more likely that it's people who provide gambling services to others, to agents or casinos." Earlier in UIGEA's legislative history, the definition of "bet or wager" used the phrase "a game predominantly subject to chance" rather than simply "a game subject to chance." The Justice Department questioned whether the original phrase was "sufficient to cover card games, such as poker."118 The change in language appears to accommodate that concern by extending coverage to games that have an element of chance, even if not necessarily a predominant element. |
