Internet Gambling Ban Upheld by Appeals Court in Philadelphia
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Internet Gambling Ban Upheld by Appeals Court in Philadelphia
A 2006 federal law that prohibits gambling over the Internet was upheld by a U.S. appeals court after a challenge from a New Jersey-based nonprofit corporation that promotes electronic betting.
In a decision handed down yesterday, three judges in the U.S. Court of Appeals in Philadelphia said the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act isn’t unconstitutionally vague and doesn’t violate gamblers’ privacy rights. The law “clearly provides a person of ordinary intelligence with adequate notice of the conduct that it prohibits,” the judges wrote. More... Internet Gambling Ban Upheld by Appeals Court in Philadelphia - Bloomberg.com |
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