Google – Yahoo – Microsoft pay gambling fine | IXGAMES
Google, Yahoo,  Microsoft have to pay more than $31.5 million for flouting the US government’s gambling laws. (The companies were accused of receiving money from online gambling businesses to advertise illegal betting from 1997 through 2007). Microsoft must pay 21 million dollars, Google must pay 3 million dollars and Yahoo must pay 7.5 million dollars. This is ironic as the US government is currently having to face a World Trade Organisation fine for illegally preventing online access to countries who run online gambling operations. None of the three companies have admitted doing anything wrong, but fear being prosecuted under the Federal Wire Wager Act, federal wagering excise tax laws, and various state statutes and municipal laws prohibiting gambling.