Yahoo, Google Online Gambling Case Dismissed in California - Casino Gambling Web

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Last year Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft were forced to pay more than $30 million to the United States Justice Department for displaying online gambling ads. Although online gambling is not illegal in the United States, the DoJ insists that it is.

Well, today an online gambling case brought against Yahoo and Google in the state of California was dismissed. The case was broached by a couple of an individuals who did not have the self-control to keep themselves from losing more than $100,000 to an online casino site they found through a Google advertisement.

The two claimed that online gambling in California was illegal, but the judge ruled that an online website cannot be held responsible for third party content.
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