The class action suit, brought by Californian citizens Mario
Cisneros and Michael Voight, alleges that: "Despite the illegal
nature of unlicensed internet gambling in California, and the
United States in general, each of the defendants actively and
knowingly advertise and facilitate illegal internet gambling by
advertising illegal internet gambling businesses."
The suit accuses Google, Yahoo!, Overture, Ask Jeeves, Terra
Lycos, CNET Networks and others of accepting payment for producing
ads and links for illegal gambling web sites, based on search terms
such as "illegal gambling", "internet gambling" and "California
gambling".
In addition, says the suit: "each of the defendants either
expressly uses, or has access to, geo-tracking software which
permits defendants to be able to target illegal gambling
advertisements to particular locations such as California."
The suit seeks an injunction against the ads, restitution and
accounting for all illegal gambling proceeds received.
