Before being found to not be in violation of the Washington state online gambling laws, the folks over at Betcha.com had experienced quite a string of bad luck. But hopefully this recent ruling in a Washington state appellate court means that things are shifting toward being in Betcha.com’s favor. The purpose of the site is to match up people who love playing games at online casinos and engaging in betting with each other. This set-up is quite different from what other online casinos have going on their sites. Instead of betting against the house which is the more common system at casinos, bettors come on and bet against each other.

The casino and  betting site depends somewhat on an honor code where players can rate each other and people with poor ratings are basically shut out of participating. But authorities in Washington state were quite suspicious of the site and after being online in the online casino world for only a few short weeks, the folks at the Washington State Gambling Commission came in and shut her down. But with this ruling, it seems that the law is finally coming over to Betcha.com’s side. But this situation is only resolved on a temporary basis since the gambling commission has already pledged that it will push forward and attempt to appeal the case at the state supreme court level.

The site was shut down back in 2007 and the site’s founder, Nicholas Jenkins was actually extradited to Louisiana to confront charges that had been pressed against him for his work regarding Betcha.com. He has not had an easy time of it, for sure. Although many other Internet casinos have faced a bit of legal trouble here and there, not many have had to battle this hard.

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