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Online Gambling Ban May be Challenged
in Court of Law by iMEGA
by Tommy Davis Onlinecasinosworld.com
October 27,
2007
Interactive Media and Entertainment Gaming Association (iMEGA) has
thus far been doing some of the most good for the U.S. facing
online gambling industry. Taking measures to challenge the
Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act in a court of law,
iMEGA is now waiting for a decision by U.S. District Court
(New Jersey) Judge Mary L. Cooper, on whether there are enough
grounds to take the U.S. government to court, which U.S. legal
representatives claim there are not.
Most of us can agree there is plenty enough basis for
challenging the UIGEA, as well as having it overturned.
Whether Judge Cooper sees the same picture will be known very
soon. Judge Cooper has been deliberating for the past thirty
days on whether to approve a motion to move the lawsuit
forward. The court had said that she would have a decision
within thirty days, although statutes say a Judge can take as
long or as little time as they like in coming to a decision.
Understandably, this is an important decision, and so nobody
is breathing down Judge Cooper's back to make a decision.
An iMEGA representative said they believe Judge Cooper will
make an official decision in the coming days. The fact that
Judge Cooper has taken so long to deliberate the issue is seen
as a good sign by many, because it shows that she does not
consider the case a "nuisance lawsuit" - one which would have
been immediately dismissed if it did not have any merit.
If the case is allowed to go to court, that would mean the
UIGEA would be legally contested before a jury for the first
time. Based on the grounds that 1) The UIGEA is a violation of
one's civil rights, and 2) The UIGEA is a fundamentally poor
law, the iMEGA has a strong chance at overturning the online
casino gambling ban in the U.S. To take the words for
Congressman Barney Frank, iMEGA will use their case to show
that "The UIGEA is the stupidest law ever passed".
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