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rainbow4321 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-30-07 10:25 AM
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Google, Yahoo, MS fined for gambling
http://www.metimes.com/Technology/2007/12/21/google_yahoo_ms_fined_for_gambling/8721/

Microsoft, Yahoo, and Google have agreed to pay a total of $31.5 million to settle a government probe into their role in promoting online gambling dating back to 1997.

The settlements marked the latest development in a U.S. crackdown on Internet gambling, which has attracted a large number of Americans using offshore gaming Web sites.


The Microsoft settlement totals $21 million, including $4.5 million to the United States and a $7.5 million contribution to the International Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the Justice Department said in a statement Wednesday.


Microsoft also agreed to provide a $9 million campaign aimed at showing young Web users that online gambling is illegal under U.S. law. Microsoft did not admit wrongdoing in settling the allegations that the software and Internet giant received payments from online gambling businesses for advertising.

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