State Shuts
Down Internet Gaming Site
A month after shutting down
a Web promotion by Foxwoods Resort Casino, the state
has ordered a halt to an Internet gambling site
run by Penn National Gaming Inc.
The Division of Special Revenue blocked
Connecticut patrons from parimutuel waging on eBet
USA. Last month, the agency told Foxwoods to stop
a promotion on the Web that regulators believed
was a type of Internet gambling.
The Connecticut Lottery was also blocked from introducing
a computer-based gambling game two years ago.
"In Connecticut you cannot use the Internet
for online gambling. Period. Telephone gambling
is OK," said Paul Young, executive director
of the Special Revenue Division.
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