Published: 2007
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It leaves in place questions as to the extent to which the Interstate Horseracing Act curtails the reach of other federal laws,5 an issue at the center of World Trade Organization (WTO) litigation.6 It instructs the Secretary of the Treasury and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, in consultation with the Attorney General, to issue implementing regulations within 270 days of passage.7 A [...] The Justice Department and certain members of the horse racing industry disagree over the extent to which the Horseracing Act amends the coverage of the Wire Act which outlaws the interstate transmission by wire of certain information related to gambling. [...] On October 4, 2007, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Secretary of the Treasury issued proposed regulations implementing UIGEA, 72 Fed. [...] Of the five systems, a "card system" as understood by the regulations is one that settles transactions involving credit card, debit card, pre-paid card, or stored value product and in which the cards "are issued or authorized by the operator of the system and used to purchase goods or services or to obtain a cash advance," proposed 12 C.F. [...] In the case of "check collection systems," the coded information available to the system with respect to a particular check is limited information identifying the bank and account upon which the check is drawn, and the number and amount of the check, 72 Fed.