US FInancial Regulators Issue Final Rule re Internet Gambling
The US Department of the Treasury and the Federal Reserve Board have announced the release of a joint final rule 
to implement the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006.
The Act prohibits gambling businesses from knowingly accepting payments in connection with unlawful Internet gambling, including payments made through credit cards, electronic funds transfers, and checks. The final rule requires U.S. financial firms that participate in designated payment systems to establish and implement policies and procedures that are reasonably designed to prevent payments to gambling businesses in connection with unlawful Internet gambling. The rule provides non-exclusive examples of such policies and procedures and sets out the regulatory enforcement framework. For purposes of the rule, unlawful Internet gambling generally would cover the making of a bet or wager that involves use of the Internet and that is unlawful under any applicable federal or state law in the jurisdiction where the bet or wager is initiated, received, or otherwise made.
Compliance with the rule is required by December 1, 2009.
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