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New Hampshire set to operate state run Online Casino

The June 26, 2023, By Bernard Lamoth

New Hampshire is preparing to operate its own online gambling site next week, and its lawmakers have come up with an ingenious plan of circumventing the UIGEA ban on internet casino gambling.

As the controversial law prevents payment processing to and from online casino gambling sites, new Hampshire will sell physical tickets through the lottery, which will be redeemable at the online gambling site.

By collecting all the payments through the sale of tickets, the state does not need to accept internet payments, which would be illegal under the UIGEA. Money exchanged would entail only the actual purchasing of the ticket. Winnings would be collected in the same way, at lottery stands. Then, although the players buys a ticket and goes home to play in the online casino, he need never use his credit card, as the ticket would carry a code, with information on how much to credit his account with.

Selling tickets that carry an exchange value may be a method tested by adventurous online casino operators eager to avoid the difficulties presented by the recent UIGEA limitations. The code from the ticket could then allocate funds to an online casino account, without cash ever directly changing hands.

If it can be established that the tickets can be used for purposes other than gaming, then the fact that online gambling is one of the options available should not disqualify those sales from credit card purchases, and third party processing would no lnger be needed.

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