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States Urge Trade Reps to Fight Net Gaming
Nearly 30 states including Wisconsin are joining forces to urge the
U.S. government to keep Internet gambling out of international trade
agreements.
Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff helped organize the effort by
states to protect their gambling laws from actions by the World Trade
Organization.
Shurtleff and 28 other attorneys general released a letter Tuesday
petitioning U.S. Trade Representative Rob Portman to redouble efforts to
protect the legal rights of states to ban or regulate forms of gambling.
Their plea came after a conflicted ruling by a World Trade
Organization appeals panel in April.
The panel ruled the United States could keep some Internet gambling
restrictions to "protect public morals or maintain public order." But
the same 138-page decision opened a door for Internet gambling by
finding fault with a federal law regulating interstate horse racing
gambling.
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