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Child Protection Registry Acts: A Constitutional Gamble for the Gaming Industry.

The Michigan Attorney General filed criminal and civil charges against two direct marketers who sent unsolicited messages to minors whose e-mail addresses were registered under the Michigan Child Protection Registry Act. The Michigan Act declares that it is the Legislature's intent "to provide safeguards to prevent certain messages regarding" gambling ... and other products from reaching minor children of this state." In reality, the Michigan Act places a wide variety of lawful commercial business activity within the gaming industry at risk of criminal and civil prosecution.

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