camplate wrote: > > > Also internet related news from Denmark: From October Danes can no longer > > use credit cards to pay internet porn sites. > > > > Med venlig hilsen / Yours sincerely > > M. Malmkvist / WWW.PowerCad.dk > > Now this IS an outrage! > > > I know here in Amerikka the banks are blocking payments > to off shore gambling accounts. I can see the problem in > the beginning, a person gets a $5,000 credit card, drains > all the money into the account, never pays the credit card > off and the credit card can't go after the casino. But > even banks are limiting the transactions. It's my money in > the bank, but they are telling me where I can spend it? >
I thought the main reason for blocking international (internet) gambling was that Uncle Sam (or his cousin in your state) doesnt get to tax any winnings you might make. If you place and win large bets in the U.S., the IRS gets a notification when you cash in. As far as the credit card goes, they should be collecting from the cardholder if he borrows money and then decides not to pay. They only go after the payee (seller) if the cardholder claims that his card was used without his consent. Hmm... I suppose some knuckleheads would try to use that story after losing bets... The Danish porn situation seems like an overreaction to the problem...perhaps they should refuse to pay on a case-by-case basis as soon as some threshold for false billing is reached, such as, for example, 5 occurrences in a year. -- Matt
