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Washington
State
Pushing
Papers
in
Online
Gambling
Case
November
28,
2007
Washington
State
seems
to
have
the
upper
hand
at
the
moment
over
Lee
Rousso
in
the
case
that
he
has
filed
against
the
state
regarding
online
gambling.
Rousso
argues
that
the
state
of
Washington
does
not
comply
with
the
Wire
Act
that
was
passed
by
the
federal
government
in
which
criminal
liability
was
not
passed
to
the
players
only
to
the
corporations
and
the
banks.
Washington
State
however,
disagrees
and
has
made
online
gambling
within
the
state
a
Class
C
felony,
and
is
fighting
back
against
Rousso
with
everything
they’ve
got.
In
fact,
Rousso
says
that
the
state
is
bogging
him
down
in
paperwork,
and
that
he
may
have
to
turn
to
another
council
to
take
over
the
case.
According
to
Rousso,
the
state
is
asking
for
ridiculous
discovery
requests,
some
of
which
are
confidential
and
could
compromise
his
rights
under
the
5th
Amendment.
He
asked
for
a
protective
order
but
was
denied
by
the
King
County
Superior
Court
which
is
hearing
the
challenge.
He
is
now
filing
an
appeal
with
the
Court
of
Appeals,
Division
One,
and
has
a
substituted
plaintiff
ready
to
step
in
should
that
be
rejected
as
well.
However,
he
says
that
by
the
time
the
appeals
and
re-filing
is
done,
he
will
be
looking
at
being
well
into
2008
which
is
simply
dragging
out
the
online
gambling
lawsuit,
something
the
state
is
probably
doing
on
purpose.
As
Washington
State
allows
pretty
much
every
other
kind
of
gambling
except
online
gambling,
many
think
that
the
online
gambling
ban
is
merely
an
attempt
to
protect
the
state
from
residents
going
outside
the
state
to
gamble.
This
would
be a
violation
of
the
country’s
constitution
as
there
is a
commerce
clause
that
makes
it
illegal
for
any
state
to
pass
laws
that
would
not
allow
other
state’s
businesses
to
cross
state
lines.
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