vinylweatherman
You type well loads
- Joined
- Oct 14, 2004
- Location
- United Kingdom
Aren't we all missing the main point here?
The letter should have NEVER been mailed out to ANYONE that lives in the USA.
MGS hasn't allowed new USA players in months, not even those from the non-banned states.
Remember the Villento fiasco? They tried to start taking new USA players after the ban, and MGS gave them a smackdown.
There are just so many things that "just should never have happened". WHERE IS THE CONTROL?
Rogue affiliates - out of control
Snail mail marketing - out of control
Casinos SHOULD be extra wary of sending such mailers to the USA, particularly when the SENDER often seems to be a USA address.
This could be interpreted as soliciting "money laundering", and "illegal participation in online gambling". It might be a player such as this, deciding to complain to the authorities about this apparent "scam" offer in the post, that draws this to the attention of the authorities.
Soliciting another to commit a criminal act is itself a criminal act, and could still lead the advertiser, not just the marketing company, in trouble.
With snail mail, the offence is provable, because there is a KNOWING element to the fact it has been sent to a US address by the sender. Spammers can at least claim they cannot exclude US email addresses since they cannot determine whether or not they are US email addresses.