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Gaming Industry Challenges U.S. 'Net Gambling Ban in Court

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 27, 2007 - 9:23am.

Atlantic City, N.J. - Filters already exist to screen minors and compulsive gamblers from online casinos, so the U.S. ban on Internet gambling stifles business and is unconstitutional, a gaming industry trade group that it suing to have the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act overturned argued in federal court on Wednesday, the Associated Press reported.