Legal Opinion
Whether Proposals by Illinois and New York to Use the Internet and Out-of-State Transaction Processors to Sell Lottery Tickets to In-State Adults Violate the Wire Act
Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel
Decided September 20, 2011Published
1Opinion of the Court
WHETHER PROPOSALS BY ILLINOIS AND NEW YORK TO USE THE INTERNET AND OUT-OF-STATE TRANSACTION PROCESSORS TO SELL LOTTERY TICKETS TO IN-STATE ADULTS VIOLATE THE WIRE ACT Interstate transmissions of wire communications that do not relate to a “sporting event or contest” fall outside the reach of the Wire Act. Because the proposed New York and Illinois lottery proposals do not involve wagering on sporting events or contests, the Wire Act does not prohibit them. September 20, 2011 MEMORANDUM OPINION FOR THE ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL, CRIMINAL DIVISION You have asked for our opinion regarding the…
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- Public Citizen v. United States Department of JusticeSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Corley v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
- Hibbs v. WinnSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- Ali v. Federal Bureau of PrisonsSupreme Court of the United States · 2008
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