Yahoo and Google, the Internet search engines, will stop taking advertisements in the U.S. from gambling casinos and related companies, according to wire service reports.
The move comes apparently as to forestall possible showdowns with law-enforcement officials.
Both search providers apparently reached their decisions independently.
The two companies, increasingly bitter rivals in the booming search business, indicated the ads would be phased by the end of this month The moves come as federal prosecutors are gearing up to attack illegal online gambling. The search engines likely would have been directly in the line of fire because they make it easier for users to find the sites.
Many gambling sites operate offshore
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