Internet Gambling Ban Appears Likely to Withstand 3rd Circuit Challenge
In the high-stakes court battle over the constitutionality of a federal law banning all Internet gambling transactions that would be illegal in the gambler's state, a trio of federal appeals judges appeared unlikely Tuesday to strike the law down. Instead, all three judges on the 3rd Circuit panel seemed inclined to uphold the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 and to reject arguments from lawyers for a gambling trade association who complained the wording of the law is so vague it cannot be understood.
