And President Obama has been all over ESPN with his stupid bracket selections (which serve no purpose outside of a pool).
IANAL, but it's my understanding that pools are only illegal when the organizer of the pool is taking a cut. I guess it could be argued using WePay for running pools is illegal since they're taking a cut, but then I'm not really sure how ESPN, Yahoo, and any number of other portals run similar services and fantasy sports services.
Saying WePay promotes illegal gambling is like saying ESPN promotes illegal gambling for having Barack Obama unveil his picks and running his bracket in their contest.
The only person who's ever gotten hurt in an NCAA pool is Rick Neuheisel and he still somehow became head coach at UCLA.
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[ 2.8 ms ] story [ 15.5 ms ] threadIANAL, but it's my understanding that pools are only illegal when the organizer of the pool is taking a cut. I guess it could be argued using WePay for running pools is illegal since they're taking a cut, but then I'm not really sure how ESPN, Yahoo, and any number of other portals run similar services and fantasy sports services.
The only person who's ever gotten hurt in an NCAA pool is Rick Neuheisel and he still somehow became head coach at UCLA.