In 2009, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the UIGEA did not make any online activity illegal.

2009年，第三巡回上诉法院裁定，UIGEA没有作出任何网上活动是非法的。

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Thanks to UIGEA, those that cater to gamblers based in America have had to rely on arcane money-transfer systems that fudge the letter of the law and violate its spirit.

由于有UIGEA，为了迎合基于美国的赌客，他们必须依赖于神秘的资金传送体系，回避法律字面的意思，违反它的精神。

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Beckley is among the first individuals to plead guilty to a UIGEA charge.

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Ever since the 2006 passage of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA), online poker and other supposed games of chance have been banned in the digital world.

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Since PartyGaming exited the U.S. online poker market because Congress passed UIGEA, the market has been dominated by PokerStars and Full Tilt, a company associated with famous poker players like Howard Lederer and Christopher Ferguson.

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