Dep. Of Justice Case Dropped By Casino City

Published: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 Online-Casinos.com

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CHALLENGE DROPPED BY CASINO CITY

Freedom of speech case withdrawn as online gambling advertising threats diminish

With the news last week that a major media group had paid up $7 million to avoid a Department of Justice confrontation Online-Casinos.com readers could be forgiven for thinking that the intimidatory tactics adopted by the Department to discourage media from accepting adverts from online casino gambling companies was a thing of the past.

However, it is fair to say that the Department's efforts in writing to U.S. media executives to warn them that carrying online gambling advertising 'may'be illegal, has gone low profile in recent times.

There were strong rumours at the International Casino Exhibition in London last week that feisty Casino City chief Michael Corfman had dropped his companys case against the U.S. Department of Justice, and this has now been confirmed.

Initiated in the summer of 2004, the action involved the hiring of a top legal team and was filed to seek a ruling from the U.S. court system as to whether certain actions taken by the Department of Justice to discourage online gambling advertisements violate the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

Casino City's President Michael Corfman has explained that the seemingly long period of silence coming from the Justice Department with regard to online gambling advertisements played a large role in his decision to discontinue the litigation.

Unfortunately, this would seem to leave the field clear for further Department of Justice threats without prosecutions which has been so effective in scaring many media companies away from online gambling advertisements in the States.