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Wire Act Only Applicable to Sports Betting, Not Poker

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December 23, 2011 In what seems to be an early Christmas present for the online poker community, the United States Department of Justice has made public documents clarifying their opinion on the Wire Act stating that “Interstate transmissions of wire communications that do not relate to a ‘sporting event or contest’ fall outside the reach of the Wire Act.”   This was released in a memo in response to inquires by New York and Illinois regarding the law’s effect on …

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