Gambling News by House of Odds

Internet gambling proponents suffered a major setback Tuesday when a federal appeals court refused to strike down a 2006 law in which Congress banned all Internet gambling transactions that would be illegal in the gambler's state. The 3rd Circuit panel rejected arguments that the law should be declared void for vagueness, finding that the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 .

A U.S. appeals court upheld an Internet gambling ban Tuesday, rejecting a challenge from an association of off-shore bookies that the federal prohibition was too vague and violated privacy rights.