The US Department of Justice is being sued by IGT as it seeks affirmation that it can’t be charged with violating the Federal Wire Act. The lottery provider is asking for declaratory relief that the law, which was brought in 1961 and, depending on the week, applies to interstate gambling, won’t be applied to its […]
A Federal Circuit Court ruled against the DOJ’s revision of the Wire Act, which prohibited all types of interstate online gambling activities. Court Disagrees with 2019 Revision of Wire Act Interstate online gambling could once again take off after the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit ruled Wednesday in favor of the […]
This past week witnessed an important development in the court case that may decide the fate of the online gambling business in the U.S. since it relates to the 1961 Federal Wire Act, as the plaintiffs that behind the lawsuit against the Department of Justice /DOJ/ filed their briefs with the US Court of Appeals […]
