Betting Casinos Poker::UK Gambling Blog: Yahoo and Google hit with lawsuit over gambling ads

Wednesday, August 04, 2004

Yahoo and Google hit with lawsuit over gambling ads

Major Web sites hit with suit over gambling ads

A lawsuit has been filed in California alleging that companies illegally sell gambling ads on their websites. The 60-page suit names 13 major websites including: Yahoo, Google, Overture, Ask Jeeves, Looksmart, Altavista, Lycos and Cnet.

The 60-page filing states: "This is a private Attorney General action brought as a class action and on behalf of the California general public against the major Internet search engine websites which advertise illegal Internet gambling in California."

The lawsuit wants to put a stop to companies accepting illegal ads in California and claims these companies have received "millions of dollars in ill-gotten gains"

'Rothken Law Firm', the main attorneys involved specialise in high tech litigation and are no stranger to online gambling suits. They successfully litigated the Internet Gambling case against VISA and Mastercard back in 1998

Someone clearly has nothing better to do with their life.

Despite the fact that its unclear as to whether Californian law bans gambling ads - or merely just bans online gambling, the sad thing about all this is that they'll probably win.