U.S. Justice Department Opines that Non-Sports Online Gaming Does Not Violate the Wire Act

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Thursday, March 1, 2012
Author: 
Bruce Zagaris
Volume: 
28
Issue: 
3
Abstract: 

On December 23, 2011, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) released an opinion issued by Virginia A. Seitz, Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, that non-sports online gaming does not violate the Wire Act.[1]



                [1]               U.S. Department of Justice, Memorandum Opinion for the Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, September 20, 2011, Whether Proposals By Illinois and New York to Use the Internet and Out-of-State Transaction Processors to Sell Lottery Tickets to In-State Adults Violate the Wire Act, Dec. 23, 2011.