I beg to differ again Mike, but if you sign up as an AFFILIATE of HA lotto that makes you an agent. If someone comes to your site by accident and purchases a lotto ticket from your site, you have violated the law in the United States. By participating in the affiliate program you are technically an agent for HA lotto. Let's look at another part of the law, which President Clinton signed under the Federal Crime Bill (which was signed into law during the Clinton administration in which the Internet did exists, don't you remember Al Gore invented the Internet(lol))
TITLE 18 > PART I > CHAPTER 61 > § 1301
§ 1301. Importing or transporting lottery tickets
Link:
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/h...1----000-.html
Whoever brings into the United States for the purpose of disposing of the same, or knowingly deposits with any express company or other common carrier for carriage, or carries in interstate or foreign commerce any paper, certificate, or instrument purporting to be or to represent a ticket, chance, share, or interest in or dependent upon the event of a lottery, gift enterprise, or similar scheme, offering prizes dependent in whole or in part upon lot or chance, or any advertisement of, or list of the prizes drawn or awarded by means of, any such lottery, gift enterprise, or similar scheme; or, being engaged in the business of procuring for a person in 1 State such a ticket, chance, share, or interest in a lottery, gift,[1] enterprise or similar scheme conducted by another State (unless that business is permitted under an agreement between the States in question or appropriate authorities of those States), knowingly transmits in interstate or foreign commerce information to be used for the purpose of procuring such a ticket, chance, share, or interest; or knowingly takes or receives any such paper, certificate, instrument, advertisement, or list so brought, deposited, or transported, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both"
I don't know how to bold certain parts of this text, so beginning at "knowingly" after the (). You are knowlingly transmitting information to be used for the purpose of procuring such a ticket, chance, share or interest, or knowingly takes or receives any such paper, certificate, instrument (the net), advertisement (a web banner).
If this were a "syndicate" or "pool" lotto it would be o.k., but HA lotto stands by itself, so it is a foreign lotto with US affiliates that are referring individuals to their pages to purchase a foreign lotto ticket. Which means US members are knowlingly participating in the transaction of a foreign lotto ticket purchase, which is ILLEGAL!
I wish that it wasn't this way, I wish I could sign up for this, but the fact is that US members cannot particiapte without breaking the law! In foreign violations of this law, it will be the Secret Service that will be involved, personally I will not be taking the chance (no pun intended).