Title 31, Money and FinanceRelease 119-102
§5363 Prohibition on Acceptance of Any Financial Instrument for Unlawful Internet Gambling
Title 31 › SUBTITLE IV — MONEY › CHAPTER 53 — MONETARY TRANSACTIONS › SUBCHAPTER IV — PROHIBITION ON FUNDING OF UNLAWFUL INTERNET GAMBLING › § 5363
Summary
People who run betting businesses cannot knowingly accept certain payments when someone is taking part in illegal online gambling. That rule covers four kinds of money: credit (including credit cards); electronic transfers or transfers through money-transfer companies; checks or drafts drawn on a bank; and any other transaction types the Secretary and the Federal Reserve Board add by rule.
Full Legal Text
Title 31, §5363
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No person engaged in the business of betting or wagering may knowingly accept, in connection with the participation of another person in unlawful Internet gambling—
(1)credit, or the proceeds of credit, extended to or on behalf of such other person (including credit extended through the use of a credit card);
(2)an electronic fund transfer, or funds transmitted by or through a money transmitting business, or the proceeds of an electronic fund transfer or money transmitting service, from or on behalf of such other person;
(3)any check, draft, or similar instrument which is drawn by or on behalf of such other person and is drawn on or payable at or through any financial institution; or
(4)the proceeds of any other form of financial transaction, as the Secretary and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System may jointly prescribe by regulation, which involves a financial institution as a payor or financial intermediary on behalf of or for the benefit of such other person.
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Citation
31 U.S.C. § 5363
Title 31, Money and Finance
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102