Online Casinos Await Answer From DOJ

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The U.S. Department of Justice is scheduled to respond this week to a lawsuit claiming restrictions on online gaming ads violate First Amendment protections of free speech.

The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Baton Rouge, La., on behalf of Internet portal Casino City, challenges a 2003 DOJ letter to the National Association of Broadcasters, the Magazine Publishers of America, the Independent Press Association and the National Newspaper Association, among others, warning that ads for offshore gaming could result in prosecution for “aiding and abetting” illegal activities.

Attorney Barry Richard of Tallahassee, Fla.,



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