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Legal interpretations will determine what’s next for Wire Act
Las Vegas Review-Journal ^ | January 15, 2019 | Richard N. Velotta

Posted on 01/15/2019 4:52:30 PM PST by ConservativeStatement

Depending on who you talk to, the reinterpretation of the Wire Act by the U.S. Justice Department will either be no problem for Nevada — or a big problem.

Gaming industry legal experts have begun analyzing the effects of the new interpretation of a 23-page opinion issued Monday by Assistant Attorney General Steven Engel of the department’s Office of Legal Counsel.

The 1961 Wire Act originally was intended to block sports betting across state lines through telephone and wire communications as a means of deterring organized crime.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; US: Nevada
KEYWORDS: bookies; gambling; gaming; lasvegas; nevada; online; organizedcrime; sheldonadelson; stevenengel; williambarr; wireact

1 posted on 01/15/2019 4:52:30 PM PST by ConservativeStatement
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To: ConservativeStatement

” Gaming industry “

Sorry, did you mean Gambling industry ?


2 posted on 01/15/2019 4:58:25 PM PST by A strike (Import Third World become Third World)
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To: A strike

The Marks are Game....


3 posted on 01/15/2019 5:21:58 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: ConservativeStatement

Have these useless handjobs got nothing better to do than worry about wires?


4 posted on 01/15/2019 5:30:00 PM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Paladin2

” The Marks are Game...”

Yes, in the sense that deer are.


5 posted on 01/15/2019 5:53:48 PM PST by A strike (Import Third World become Third World)
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