Court Rejects Challenge To Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act

The Third Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a challenge by the Interactive Media Entertainment & Gaming Association, which had argued that the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act is unconstitutionally vague and infringes on people's right to privacy. The 2006 law prohibits banks and credit card companies from processing payments used for unlawful online gambling. The gaming group argued that the law is too vague because there's no generally accepted definition of unlawful Internet gambling. Instead, the statute leaves it to state and federal governments to define illegal Web gambling. But the court rejected that argument. "The fact that gambling may be prohibited in some states but permitted in others does not render the act unconstitutionally vague," the court wrote.