In 2006 Congress passed the Unlawful Internet Gaming Enforcement Act, which made it illegal for financial institutions to transfer funds between punters and online-gambling sites.

2006年，美国国会通过UIGEA (Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act)法令，规定金融机构帮助赌家和网上博彩站点转移赌资的行为是违法的。

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It is greatly harmful to the society and nation with the growing unlawful activities of gambling, especially the internet-gambling is becoming the new form which is mostly dangerous to the teenagers.

近年来赌博违法活动日益猖狂，对社会和国家造成极大的危害，特别是网络赌博成为新的赌博形式后，对青少年的危害非常之大。

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Still, the law is ambiguous because it only loosely defines what constitutes unlawful gambling.

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But the law is ambiguous because it only loosely defines what constitutes unlawful gambling.

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For example, Kaplan said that even if Campos and Elie argued they were only financial transaction providers they might not be exempt from violating the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act if they had knowledge of bets and were controlled by unlawful online gambling firms.

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