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I have this idea in my head that I want to start a website that offers skill-based games to be played for money. The games will be explicitly 100% skill-based with no element of chance, will require consideration, and will offer monetary prizes. It will be open to residents of states where skill-based games for money are allowed, and it will adhere to state laws.
My questions are:
What are the legal provisions required to start and maintain such a site?
Is it possible to host the site within the United States? I know that worldwinner.com hosts their site in Massachusetts. Does hosting a website and the laws restricting it depend on the site it's hosted in?
Thanks for your consideration.
From the LawyerCentral forum archive. Originally posted 13 November 2011 on a legal forum that has closed. Names and contact details were removed. See the original (Internet Archive).
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