Internet Gambling: An Abridged Overview of Federal Criminal Law
- Topics:
- Gambling,
- Video games
- Tags:
- American Law,
- Congressional Research Service,
- Finance,
- Financial Accounting,
- Internet,
- Law,
- Lottery
- Source:
- Congressional Research Service
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Overview: American law has always reflected our ambivalence towards gambling. Anti-gambling laws were common in colonial America, yet even in the Northeast where they were perhaps; most numerous the lotteries was a popular form of public finance. Majorities of states continue to outlaw most forms of gambling, but most also continue to employ a lottery as a means of public finance and to allow several other forms of gambling as well. This report examines some of the federal criminal laws implicated by Internet gambling and of a few of the constitutional questions associated with their application.
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Format: PDF | Size: 36KB | Date: Nov 2004 | Pages: 6
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