Recently a $31.5 million dollar combined settlement was reached between the U.S. Attorneys Office and three of the largest Internet businesses. Microsoft, Yahoo, and Google were agreed to pay $21, $7.5, and $3 million, respectively. Google’s $3 million dollar portion of the settlement is less than 30 percent of their daily revenue, so don’t expect them to lose much sleep at night.

The federal civil allegations claimed that Microsoft, Yahoo, and Google had accepted illegal advertising money from online gambling websites. This should answer your questions about allowing Internet gambling sites to advertise on your blog or website.

Although few, if anyone in the blogging community are generating enough money from gambling advertisements to overlook the risk of a lawsuit, some blogrolls still contain online casino links because the money does help pay the blog operating expenses.

With the precedent set in this settlement, don’t bet on gambling advertisers making you money.

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