Internet Community & Entertainment Corp. v. Washington State Gambling Commission

¶ 1 — Internet Community & Entertainment Corp., d/b/a Betcha.com, is an on-line, person-to-person betting web site that charges its customers fees for connecting them to other on-line users wishing to wager on various events. While customers are expected and encouraged to pay their bets if they lose, Betcha specifically gives bettors 72 hours to elect not to pay a losing wager with another customer. The primary issue before us is whether Betcha *689has engaged in “professional gambling” within the meaning of Washington’s gambling act, chapter 9.46 RCW. We conclude that it has and reverse the…