A Rhode Island District Court judge ruled on 15 September that the US Department of Justice must formally state that the law only applies to sports betting.

In November 2021, a lawsuit was filed by International Game Technology (IGT) against the DOJ in an attempt to get the justice department to clarify its position on the Wire Act and requesting "a declaratory judgment that the Department of Justice may not prosecute them for non-sports betting under the Wire Act."

From PokerFuse.com:

The company sued the Biden DOJ last November. IGT argued that uncertainty created by two unique interpretations of the federal Wire Act — made under the Obama and Trump administrations — put the company at risk of prosecution.
Last Thursday, District Court Judge William Smith agreed.

“The Court holds that the threat of prosecution faced by IGT, both for its lottery and non-lottery businesses, is credible enough to meet the requirements of proving an injury-in-fact,” Smith wrote in a 24-page ruling.
What Does This Mean for Online Poker?
It is unlikely that the DOJ will take such criminal action against other parties under the Wire Act for state-authorized non-sports-related gambling, given the case precedent.

Smith’s ruling should be the end of the matter — online poker operators in the US should be able to continue building their businesses.
“The idea that the Wire Act will ever be expanded to cover interstate lottery, mobile casino or [online poker] is dead and buried,” Jeff Ifrah of Ifrah Law PLLC told US Gaming Review on Friday.

Other gaming law attorneys took a more cautious tack.

“While IGT appears to have been given its 'safe harbor’ to continue lottery operations in the First Circuit — and perhaps other poker and live casino game operators may see this as encouraging news for their internet wagering plans — the gaming industry should still move forward cautiously,” said Jeffrey Silver.
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