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Internet Gaming: The Role of the Dormant Commerce Clause

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K&NLG, an Anglo-American law firm that monitors and advises on US legislation on Internet gaming, discusses the implications of the U.S. Supreme Court\’s recent dormant commerce clause decision — Granholm v. Heald — on state laws concerning gambling.

States laws that permit some form of gambling in-state while making it a crime for out-of-state entities to accept the same wagers from their residents are particularly vulnerable to attack. While many of the most obvious laws at risk concern pari-mutuel account wagering, the same questions concerning constitutionality are equally applicable to state legislation concerning on-line gaming.

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