Originally posted on 05/28/2011:

Quote Originally Posted by MadTiger View Post

It doesn't matter if they are located on the moon; if you interact with US citizens, you have to obey US laws.
The problem that I have with this is that businesses located outside of the United States and its' territories should not have to abide by US laws. For instance, the legal age to drink alcohol in Costa Rica is 18. In the US, it's 21. Is a bar in Costa Rica breaking US law because they are serving alcohol to a 19 year old US citizen who is vacationing here?

It's the same principle. The sportsbooks are not located in the United States. When you login to whatever sportsbook, your computer has to exchange data with a server physically located in another country. How is it any different than you physically flying down to Costa Rica, walking up to a sportsbook, and placing a bet? Or walking into a brothel in CR and paying a prostitute for sex? It's all legal in Costa Rica, yet it's illegal in the United States. Should businesses in CR have to check citizenship and then familiarize themselves with every country's laws before they are allowed to do business with you?