US appeals court upholds Internet gambling ban

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PHILADELPHIA – A U.S. appeals court upheld an Internet gambling ban Tuesday, rejecting a challenge from an association of off-shore bookies that the federal prohibition was too vague and violated privacy rights.

The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia rejected arguments from Interactive Media Entertainment & Gaming Association in New Jersey, which had filed the lawsuit hoping to legalize online betting in that state.

Congress passed the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act in 2006 to ban online gambling that would be illegal in the state where the individual or gambling business conducts the transaction. The law does not target the bet itself but criminalizes bank or credit card transactions linked to the bet.

The group, comprised of mostly offshore betting operators, had attacked the law as unconstitutionally vague. Their lawyers questioned how the location of an online bet would be determined if the gambler is in Delaware, for instance, and the operation is in Costa Rica. At least one of the three judges who heard arguments last month seemed to question that logic.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090902/ap_on_re_us/us_internet_gambling_3


Before: SLOVITER, AMBRO, and JORDAN Circuit Judges.

Sloviter, Dolores Korman - Nominated by Jimmy Carter on April 4, 1979.
Ambro, Thomas L. - Nominated by William J. Clinton on September 28, 1999.
Jordan, Kent A. - Nominated by George W. Bush on July 25, 2002.


District Judge affirmed:
Cooper, Mary Little - Nominated by George H.W. Bush on July 26, 1991.

http://www.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/081981p.pdf

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1. Put the money on the Cowboys and or New England in that order.

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2. If you want to gamble, the powers that be have provided a way

It's called the stock market