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Congress Considers Rolling the Dice to Prohibit Internet Gambling
Congress Considers Rolling the Dice to Prohibit Internet Gambling
21 April 2017
Timothy Lee, CFIF's Senior Vice President for Legal and Public Affairs, discusses the 1951 federal Wire Act, internet sports betting and the history of state regulation of gambling across the country.
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