Google,
Microsoft
and Yahoo have
been fined a total of $31.5m by the US government for advertising illegal
gambling websites.
Microsoft will pay $21m, Yahoo will pay $7.5m and Google will pay $3m in a
settlement agreed with the
US
Department of Justice (DoJ).
Microsoft's fine is the largest as its case dates back 10 years. The other
two search sites have run gambling and sports betting adverts for a lesser
period.
Charges by DoJ in the case claimed that the three companies had violated the
Federal Wire Wager Act, related tax laws and the individual gambling regulations
set up by individual US states.
The settlement follows 18 months of negotiations between the internet
companies and the DoJ.
Microsoft's fine includes a $7.5m contribution to the
International
Center for Missing and Exploited Children and an agreement to run a
three-year $9m advertising campaign warning young people of the dangers of
gambling.
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