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NeoPollard Interactive and New Hampshire Lottery Prevail Against U.S. Government Appeal in iLottery Case
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n NeoPollard Interactive and New Hampshire Lottery Prevail Against U.S. Government Appeal in iLottery Case\n \n \n /* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Canada NewsWire\n \n \n \n \n \n LANSING, Mich.\n \n ,\n \n Jan. 22, 2021\n \n /CNW/ -\n \n NeoPollard Interactive LLC\n \n (\"NeoPollard Interactive\" or \"NPi\"), jointly owned by Pollard Banknote Limited (\"Pollard Banknote\") (\n \n TSX: PBL\n \n ) and NeoGames S.A. (\n \n Nasdaq: NGMS\n \n ), is thrilled with the decision rendered by the First Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals on\n \n January 20, 2021\n \n that unequivocally reconfirmed that the federal Wire Act is limited to sports betting and, therefore, does not pertain to state-run lotteries. This decision confirms the ruling of the U.S. District Court for the District of\n \n New Hampshire\n \n in 2019 that was appealed by the U.S. Federal Department of Justice. Overall, this decision is important for the U.S. lottery industry as a whole by alleviating concerns related to the legality of traditional retail or online lottery sales (also known as \"iLottery\") which rely on the transmission of lottery data over the Internet.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Wire Act subjects to criminal liability any person who \"knowingly uses a wire communication facility for the transmission in interstate or foreign commerce of bets or wagers or information assisting in the placing of bets or wagers on any sporting event or contest, or for the transmission of a wire communication which entitles the recipient to receive money or credit as a result of bets or wagers, or for information assisting in the placing of bets or wagers.\" In 2011, the Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel (\"OLC\") concluded that the Wire Act only applied to sports betting. Following that opinion, many lotteries began to offer non-sports gaming products over the Internet, reasonably relying on the OLC's conclusions that their activities were lawful.\n \n \n In\n \n January 2019\n \n , the OLC reversed that prior decision and released a new opinion concludin...