Internet gambling proponents suffered a major setback Tuesday when a federal appeals court refused to strike down a 2006 law in which Congress banned all Internet gambling transactions that would be illegal in the gambler's state. The 3rd Circuit panel rejected arguments that the law should be declared void for vagueness, finding that the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 "clearly provides a person of ordinary intelligence with adequate notice of the conduct that it prohibits."
September 02, 2009 at 12:00 AM
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Internet gambling proponents suffered a major setback Tuesday when a federal appeals court refused to strike down a 2006 law in which Congress banned all Internet gambling transactions that would be illegal in the gambler’s state.
In Interactive Media Entertainment & Gaming Association v. Attorney General of the United States, a unanimous three-judge panel of the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected arguments that the law should be declared void for vagueness.
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