Welcome to the third weekly WOGLR update! Here is the news that we have been looking at this week:

We reported last week that the Interactive Media Entertainment & Gaming Association (IMEGA) sent a letter to eleven internet service providers (ISPs) saying that they need not comply with an order from Minnesota’s Department of Public Safety’s Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement Division asking the ISPs to block online gambling websites and their telephone numbers. Well, this week, techdirt.com is reporting that a trade group has sued the Director of the Department to stop the ban.

We also reported on last week’s blog, that a sports betting Bill in the State of Delaware had passed the House of Representatives. Now, the Bill has been signed by the Governor of Delaware and is now law, according to Linda Shorey, a Partner at K&L Gates LLP – who will be speaking at this year’s seventh annual Summer Retreat.

Also in the US, onlinecasinoadvisory.com is reporting that an online study by the White House shows that legalising online gambling qualified as the top technological issue for US residents.  
 
The Telegraph is reporting that Charlie McCreevy, the EU Commissioner for the Internal Market, has threatened to pursue the Dutch government as far as the European Court of Justice following attempts to block Dutch banks from processing the payment of bets made over the internet (check out the May edition of WOGLR for more information on Betfair’s action against the Dutch government).
Sarah Syed