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Internet Gamblers Must Report Foreign Financial Accounts

Internet gamblers who use foreign online poker accounts must report them as foreign financial accounts, a federal court says. Here, the gambler opened accounts in his name on poker websites that were maintained outside of the United States. He was allowed to deposit and withdraw money and carry outstanding balances.  Because the online gaming sites functioned as banks that we operated abroad, the accounts are subject to the foreign-account-reporting rules.