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Lawmakers to DOJ: Change Wire Act Opinion Again

The US Department of Justice is being asked to reverse their opinion on the Federal Wire Act… again.If they do so, it will be the third time their opinion has fluctuated on the matter. The DOJ used the Wire Act in an attempt to criminalize online gambling in America prior to 2011. That’s when they reversed their opinion and stated that the Act only applied to sports betting. But that wouldn’t last. When a new administration took office, the Justice Department changed opinion yet again. In 2018, they reverted back to their old notion that the Act does, in fact,…

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