Gambling
Gambling and Wagering Enterprise Defense Lawyer
Representing clients charged in Nashville, Tennessee, and nationwide
Although gambling in some forms has received greater societal acceptance in recent years with the growth of lotteries, state legislatures have often re-worked laws so that other forms of wagering remain illegal. While some states have chosen to legalize gambling in an effort to boast economic growth, others have not.
Federal prohibitions on gambling, wagering and bookmaking enterprises remain intact under 18 U.S.C. §1955. The federal gambling laws incorporate and defer to the prohibitions set forth under state law. In essence, if gambling is a violation of state law, it will also be a violation of federal law in that judicial district.
Although Tennessee has a lottery, it is still illegal to wager with a bookie on a sporting event or to operate a gambling enterprise. Therefore, it is a violation of both Tennessee and federal law to be involved with a gambling enterprise.
With the advent of internet gambling services and remote book-taking, there has been a new breed of federal gambling enterprise prosecutions.
Although it is conceptually hard to reconcile, the federal government requires gambling operations to apply for gambling stamps and file and pay monthly wagering tax returns, but these acts of compliance and the government's acceptance of a portion of the gambling organization's revenue does not make it legal to operate the enterprise itself.
Attorney Kimberly Hodde of The Law Office of Kimberly S. Hodde has successfully represented numerous individuals charged with gambling offenses.
If you are facing gambling enterprise charges, call federal criminal defense attorney Kimberly Hodde at 615-242-4200.
Gambling, wagering and bookmaking enterprise prosecutions almost always involve money laundering allegations. Ms. Hodde regularly defends persons charged with both forms of money laundering.
Kim Hodde devotes her law practice exclusively to criminal defense and focuses largely on the defense of federal criminal cases. She is experienced in crafting specialized defenses to gambling enterprise prosecutions, including structuring entrapment-style defenses for those who have complied with the federal civil tax requirements. Many of these gambling prosecutions involve Title III wiretaps and other forms of electronic surveillance, and given her extensive writing and lecturing on this subject, Ms. Hodde is particularly well-suited to defend these cases.
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If you have questions regarding gambling enterprise charges, contact The Law Office of Kimberly S. Hodde. Ms. Hodde can be available for evening and weekend appointments. Ms. Hodde is mindful that you may not have budgeted for funding your defense; so, under some circumstances, she will work with defendants and/or their families on a reasonable payment plan. The firm is conveniently located in a free-standing building on Music Row, just one mile from the federal courthouse just one mile from the federal courthouse with an abundance of parking. Contact us at 615-242-4200.
