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Supreme Court finds against Earth Future Lottery in online lottery case

The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed an appeal by the Earth Future Lottery and the Attorney General of Prince Edward Island to legalize a proposed Internet-based lottery (CNM Update, Mar. 11/03; CNM, Jan. 23/03). The court apparently heard nothing new in the arguments presented by Earth Future and P.E.I. counsel during a short morning hearing March 11 and dismissed the case after a brief recess for the same reasons as an original determination by the Appeal Division of the Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island. The court dispensed with hearing from the respondents, a coalition of provincial lottery companies, or from interveners.

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