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Administrative/Regulatory

Apr. 17, 2012

Bet on it: DOJ’s legal opinion should open the door to more online gambling

While betting via online games of skill is arguably already permissible, the DOJ's opinion can open the door to wagering for online games of chance. By Jimmy Nguyen of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP


By Jimmy Nguyen


Would you like the thrill of lotteries and casino games at your digital fingertips over the Internet and mobile devices? If so, thank the U.S. Department of Justice for a legal opinion it issued last December. Previously, the DOJ interpreted the Interstate Wire of Act of 1961 to prohibit all forms of online wagering. But on Dec. 23, 2011, it released a legal opinion reversing itself to now say the Wire Act prohibits only the transmission of commu...

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