Aug 6, 2004: Some gambling ads on Google, Yahoo and other major Web sites are illegal in California, according to a lawsuit. The 60-page filing, presented in San Francisco Superior Court, alleges that the companies sell rights to Web advertisements based on searches for terms such as "illegal gambling," "Internet gambling" and "California gambling."
The following Acrobat .pdf file which goes into 60 page detail on this issue and names many online gambling sites in its 9 Causes of Action.
http://www.techfirm.com/yahoocomplaint.pdf
Nov 13, 2002: By a vote of 61-2 the California Assembly passed AB1229, a bill to outlaw Internet gaming and make it a crime for a citizen of the state to gamble on the Internet. The measure still has to be passed by the Senate and signed by the Governor before it becomes law.
The bill provides for stiff penalties and jail terms for gambling site operators directing marketing to Californians, in addition to making it a crime for Californians to gamble on the Internet, whether or not the sites are legally entitled to operate in their respective jurisdictions. The bill also provides that anyone "aiding or abetting" Internet gambling is guilty of a crime. Should this bill pass the Senate and be signed by Governor Gray Davis, it will become law.
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