Content – Connecticut Regulators Attempt to Shut Down On-line Native American Gaming Site

The Mashantucket Pequot tribe operates a wildly successful casino in Connecticut. The tribe reconfigured its website to allow people who bought Keno tickets – for drawings in the future – to check winning numbers using games that resembled slot machines and similar games of chance. Connecticut’s division or revenue claims that the games violate federal bans on on-line gaming. This is an interesting enforcement issue, since state agencies typically do not enforce Federal regulations. However it shows the highly controversial nature of on-line gaming. This issue is important to Internet companies since it highlights the Federal prohibition on on-line gaming. This ban is quite broad and prohibits U.S. companies from even facilitating on-line gaming operations.

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