The US Department of Justice’s reconsideration of the Federal Wire Act is “perplexing” according to MGM Resorts CEO Jim Murren.

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He added that the gaming industry believes the opinion is “unenforceable” in any case. Murren’s statement came toward the end of the company’s fourth quarter earnings conference call earlier this week.

The new Wire Act interpretation goes against a 2011 Justice Department opinion that helped create online gaming operations in the US.

“That this latest missive from the DOJ is perplexing is an understatement,” Murren said. “It’s just, we think, an absurdly poorly written and unenforceable opinion and I don’t think anyone in the gaming industry and the sports betting industry feels any differently.”