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A new online gaming lobbying body called the Interactive Media Entertainment and Gaming Association (iMEGA) has filed a complaint against the US Attorney General, the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Reserve System, to halt enforcement of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA).

The lawsuit was filed this week in the US District Court and outlined how UIGEA infringed on the basic constitutional rights of Americans to do as they please in the privacy of their own home. iMEGA said it would seek to obtain an injunction preventing the US government from enforcing the Act, and would also base some of its arguments on the recent WTO ruling which found the US in contempt of its international trade obligations.

Edward Leyden, president of iMEGA, said: “Two major benefits come immediately from US recognition and regulation of internet gaming; transparency and tax revenues. Taxation of internet gaming could generate more than US$20bn during the next several years.”

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