![]() ![]() Licenses were first granted in Pennsylvania to conduct interactive gaming in 2018. The operator of a wagering business is at risk of being fined and imprisoned under the Wire Act if the operator knowingly uses a “wire communication facility” to transmit information related to wagering on “any sporting event or contest.” 18 U.S.C. Interactive Gaming, also referred to as online gambling or iGaming, became legal in Pennsylvania in 2017 through the PA Act 42 of 2017. In exploring whether an offshore Internet gambling business taking bets from Americans violated federal law, attention was focused on the Wire Act, 18 U.S.C. But as Internet use and related gambling exploded in the 1990’s, the Department of Justice and Congress explored the applicability of current law and the desirability of new regulation for online gambling. Gambling online initially appeared to represent an end-run around government control and prohibition. Internet gambling, though widespread in the United States, is subject to legislation at both the state and federal level that bans it from certain areas, limits the means and types of gambling, and otherwise regulates the activity. ![]() Money Laundering and Racketeering (RICO). ![]()
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