State drops bid to regulate online gambling

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State officials have abandoned their attempt, at least for now, to prevent Minnesotans from gambling online.

A group of Internet service providers withdrew a federal lawsuit against a senior state law enforcement official Monday after he withdrew a request that service providers block access to hundreds of online gambling sites.

"Whether or not [the service providers] ultimately would have prevailed in court is unknown," John Willems of the Minnesota Department of Public Safety's Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement Division wrote in a letter. "I believe it may be more appropriate to resolve this problem by working to create clear and effective government policies concerning regulation of gambling."

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