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Facebook Terminates Selling Of Poker Chips
AlertPay, an online payment company and social networking site, Facebook, have decided to bring to a halt a number of potentially illegal online gambling transactions conducted through Facebook's "Texas HoldEm Poker" application, such as selling virtual poker chips, the eCommerce Journal reports.
Both companies were in agreement on the issue on grounds that: "Facebook does not permit online gambling on its platform and some sellers attempted to convert the Texas HoldEm Poker application into monetized online gambling," according to a statement on AlertPay's official blog.
Additionally, the blog statement offered the following justification: "Sites offering for sale virtual poker chips for use with Texas HoldEm Poker are in violation of AlertPay's User Agreement and in potential violation of state and United States federal law prohibiting unlicensed and/or online gambling, as well as the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 31 U.S.C 5362."