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Online-Gambling Shares Plunge on Passage of U.S. Crackdown Law
On a Black Monday for the online-gambling industry, companies that operate Internet betting sites and payment systems lost billions of dollars in market value after the United States government moved to criminalize the processing of online wagers.Oct 3, 2006
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Online Gaming in Crisis Over U.S. Ban
Online gambling firms faced their biggest-ever crisis on Monday after U.S. Congress passed legislation to end Internet gaming there, threatening jobs and wiping 3.5 billion pounds ($6.5 billion) off company values.
Oct 2, 2006
Topic: Family, Addictions, Gambling, Citizenship, Legislation, National,