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Justice Department Says All Online Gambling Is Illegal
Fortune ^ | 15 Jan 2019 | Natasha Bach

Posted on 01/15/2019 4:26:19 AM PST by Theoria

The U.S. Justice Department now says that all internet gambling is illegal.

A November opinion made public Monday reversed a 2011 opinion on the Wire Act, which established the law as applicable to only sports betting. The DOJ claims that the 2011 opinion misinterpreted the statute and reinterprets the Wire Act to encompass all forms of gambling that crosses state boundaries.

The opinion could have wide-reaching effects in states that sell lottery tickets online or where online gambling is legal. This number has increased in recent months following the Supreme Court’s decision to legalize sports betting in the U.S. last year.

GOP megadonor and casino mogul Sheldon Adelson backed a coalition that had long lobbied the Justice Department to reconsider its 2011 decision. While the precise effects of the change are unclear, lobbyists told The Washington Post that it could affect interstate compacts and lotteries.

(Excerpt) Read more at fortune.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; US: Nevada
KEYWORDS: bookies; casino; doj; gambling; internet; lasvegas; lotto; nevada; online; organizedcrime; sheldonadelson; stevenengel; williambarr; wireact
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To: thoughtomator

“Where in the Constitution is the authority given to the feds to interfere in this matter?”...………

Constitution? “We don’t need no stinking Constitution’ say the demodummies who have proven it over and over again.


41 posted on 01/15/2019 6:19:48 AM PST by DaveA37
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To: Theoria

Was that the last opinion Sessions wrote before leaving? Sounds like him.


42 posted on 01/15/2019 6:21:36 AM PST by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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To: Theoria

Damn, there goes buying stocks online.


43 posted on 01/15/2019 6:23:22 AM PST by wildcard_redneck
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To: Buckeye McFrog; ml/nj

No question the commerce clause is abused, and I would agree that it is abused in this case, as you both point out—but I am sure that this clause, consciously or not, is what those carrying out the actions would use for justification.


44 posted on 01/15/2019 6:28:06 AM PST by Hieronymus ((It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged. --G. K. Chesterton))
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To: ClearCase_guy

“It’s too bad the Justice Dept doesn’t have anything more important to focus on ...”

Too busy raiding VFW, American Legion, senior bingo games, poker games etc.


45 posted on 01/15/2019 6:29:13 AM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: LibFreeUSA

Sessions influence lingers on.


46 posted on 01/15/2019 6:30:10 AM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: thoughtomator

“Where in the Constitution is the authority given to the feds to interfere in this matter?”

Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee etc could see this kind of crap coming.


47 posted on 01/15/2019 6:34:39 AM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Theoria

The government prefers for all those revenue-gushing lotteries not to have any competition.


48 posted on 01/15/2019 6:35:07 AM PST by Interesting Times (WinterSoldier.com. SwiftVets.com. ToSetTheRecordStraight.com.)
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To: Theoria

Well now that they cleared that up..

if only there was better things for them to do..


49 posted on 01/15/2019 6:43:29 AM PST by cableguymn (We need a redneck in the white house....)
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To: Flick Lives

Prostitution is legal in Nevada. It is regulated and taxed, just not by the feds .......... yet.


50 posted on 01/15/2019 6:54:27 AM PST by shooter223 (the government should fear the citizens......not the other way around)
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To: Flick Lives
About the only criminal operation they haven’t taken over yet is prostitution.

OH, I'm sure some K Street fat cats would suggest otherwise...

51 posted on 01/15/2019 6:55:48 AM PST by Hemingway's Ghost (Spirit of '75)
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To: Theoria

All Online Gambling is a Scam


52 posted on 01/15/2019 7:33:36 AM PST by butlerweave
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To: Theoria

I have a neighbor who will be highly upset if online gambling is shut down.
He stays up late most nights playing online poker. With his winnings in the last five years he has bought a new PT Cruiser, a new Ford F-350 truck and a new zero turn mower.
Retired navy and does NOTHING but play online poker.
I can hear him screaming now.


53 posted on 01/15/2019 7:49:36 AM PST by oldvirginian ( Buckle up kids, rough road ahead.)
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To: Theoria

Tell that to New Jersey- we’ve been flooded with ads for online gambling for months.


54 posted on 01/15/2019 9:09:37 AM PST by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: thoughtomator; All
"Where in the Constitution is the authority given to the feds to interfere in this matter?"

Thanks for posting thoughtomator.

Not only did traitor Alexandor Hamilton weaken the idea of a constitutionally limited power federal government with his wide interpretation of the “necessary and proper clause” (1.8.18) to justify a national bank, but the politically correct interpretation of the post-17th Amendment ratification, FDR era Commerce Clause finished the job of effectively repealing the fed’s constitutionally limited powers imo.

Note that state sovereignty-respecting constitutional experts have always been aware of the dangers of politically correct, wide interpretations of the fed’s constitutionally limited powers.

H O W E V E R …

Consider that FDR's justices overturned case precedents established by Gibbons v. Ogden, Paul v. Virginia, and United States v. Butler, cases which emphasized the already clear limits on Congress's Commerce Clause powers.

In fact, using inappropriate words like “concept” and “implicit,” here is what was left of the 10th Amendment after FDR’s state sovereignty-ignoring activist justices got finished with it when they wrongly decided Wickard v. Filburn in Congress’s favor imo.


55 posted on 01/15/2019 9:22:43 AM PST by Amendment10
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To: Theoria

“Justice Department Says All Online Gambling Is Illegal”

I’m offering $100 at 3:1 odds that they’re wrong!


56 posted on 01/15/2019 9:24:18 AM PST by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism.)
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To: READINABLUESTATE

You pay the “vig” only when you lose and it’s usually 10%


57 posted on 01/15/2019 4:46:33 PM PST by mindburglar (Don't bother. I don't debate.)
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58 posted on 01/16/2019 1:32:12 AM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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