grenv: Actually, its not illegal. Brainking.com is not a US based website and as such does not come under the duristiction (sp?) of US law, either federal or state.

There are some state laws which prevent citizens of that state partaking in private gambling games (either online or offline in their own home) but these are about as enforceable as a law against same sex couples performing acts of love on one another.

pokerstars.com, 888.com etc all operate as overseas websites and as yet the US government is still floundering about in the dark, having tried and failed to stop its citizens from playing poker online.

The only reason they want to stop it btw is because they aren't getting any taxes from it :)