INTERNET COMMUNITY v. STATE GAMBLING COM'N

No. 82845-8.

238 P.3d 1163 (2010)

INTERNET COMMUNITY & ENTERTAINMENT CORP., d/b/a Betcha.com, Respondent, v. WASHINGTON STATE GAMBLING COMMISSION, a Commission of the State of Washington, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided September 2, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry Alan Ackerman , Callie Anne Castillo , Office of the Attorney General, Olympia, WA, for Petitioner.

George E. Telquist , Telquist Ziobro McMillen, P.L.L.C., Richland, WA, for Respondent.


CHAMBERS, J.

¶ 1 Internet Community & Entertainment Corp., d/b/a Betcha.com (Betcha), is an on-line, person-to-person betting web site that charges its customers fees for connecting them to other online users wishing to wager on various events. While customers are expected and encouraged to pay their bets if they lose, Betcha specifically gives bettors 72 hours to elect not to pay a losing wager with another customer. The primary issue before us is whether...

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