Experts Believe iMEGA Suit Against UIGEA Strongest Ever

iMEGA reportedly files a brief Monday to further support their request to implement a Temporary Restraining Order against enforcement of the UIGEA (Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act). The brief was filed in US Circuit Court in US 3rd District, New Jersey, stating the UIGEA violates the First Amendment rights of individual states.


iMEGA's brief reads: "The UIGEA itself is so inconsistent in striking across individual state regulation, sovereign Tribal licensing and sovereign international control of Internet gambling is as to make the UIGEA violative of First Amendment rights. This inconsistency is nowhere more apparent than New Jersey, which permits the transfer of funds by payment system instrument by computer for the purpose of gambling, without reference to the location of the bet or wager."


iMEGA's legal team, after much research and analysis, believe their case against US Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez, the US Federal Trade Commission and the US Federal Reserve, intended to halt and potentially reverse the UIGEA, is the strongest, achievable case presented thus far. Based on this strength, they have requested an immediate court date, stating the UIGEA is so unconstitutional and damaging to those represented by iMEGA that a Temporary Restraining Order is essential.


The only question that remains; Who does iMEGA represent? The brief states, "Some of its members are individuals or business entities engaged in the business of providing interactive entertainment services to individuals through use of personal computers, both with and without a fee." It's not exactly clear who iMEGA represents, but from the statement in the brief, it could be gambling operations and/or affiliates of the industry. In any case, operators, affiliates and players alike would stand to benefit from a halt and potential reversal of the UIGEA.