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January 9, 2019: Rumors Of A New OLC Opinion

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January 9, 2019: Rumors Of A New OLC Opinion, read against the bill text and the court record: nothing here is stated that we could not source, and the date of the check is at the top of the page.

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Naughty Poker is first to confirm the existence of a new OLC opinion, but odds are against it seeing the light of day.

The general consensus is that the DOJ would be loath to tighten the screws on online gambling — a cause championed by a Republican mega-donor — in a hyper-polarized political climate amid a period of upheaval at the Justice Department.

How wrong we were.

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