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"Illegal...And Thriving"

Number 22220
Subject Gambling
Source CBS News 60 Minutes
State NY
Year 2005
Publication Date Nov. 20
Summary PartyGaming Inc., a British company that operates on-line gambling sites, is at the vanguard of a global goldrush. Even though 90 percent of PartyGaming's revenues come from the U.S., and the Justice Department swears that online gambling is 100 percent illegal, nothing has been done to stop the trend. And with billions of dollars of potential revenues involved, land-based U.S. casinos are eager to get a piece of the on-line action.
Category None
Pages 14
Keywords Internet gaming;Internet gambling;IPO's;offshore companies;DOJ
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