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Microsoft, Google, Yahoo to Pay $31.5M Over Illegal Gambling Ads

Three major Internet companies have settled with the Justice Department for $31.5 million for promoting illegal online gambling, a U.S. attorney in Missouri announced Wednesday.   Microsoft, Google and Yahoo will set up a fund to air public service announcements informing young people that online gambling in the United States is illegal. Google will pay the government $3 million and Yahoo will pay $7.5 million for their participation in advertising online gambling on their search...Full Story
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