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07-03-2008, 01:50 PM
By WAYNE PARRY | Associated Press Writer
5:50 PM EST, March 6, 2008

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - A federal judge has dismissed a challenge to a ban on Internet gambling brought by an online gambling association, but gave the group legal standing to challenge the law in an appellate court.

U.S. District Judge Mary L. Cooper in Trenton determined that the Interactive Media Entertainment & Gaming Association had not shown sufficient cause to order her to block enforcement of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006.

That law was designed to stop online gambling by choking off the electronic processing of money for online wagers or payouts.

But she did rule that the association has legal standing to challenge the law in a federal appeals court. Brennan said an appeal would be filed within the next two months.

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