Stepping back from the online project, the city council's Finance Committee voted 3-2 to repeal a 2010 law that would have allowed it, said Denise Tolliver, chief of staff for Councilman Phil Mendelson, a sponsor of the bill.
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On Friday, the Justice Department reversed its previous stand on the 1961 Wire Act ? saying that it applied to sports betting but not online gambling ? after years of hunting down online casinos like the billion-dollar-plus Full Tilt Poker.
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