The Department of Justice will extend the Wire Act grace period in relation to the agency’s change of opinion on the Wire Act, giving an extra 60 days before their backward decision to pacify Sheldon Adelson goes into effect. How “nice” of them.

The original 90-day window was set to expire April 15. The DOJ is expected to announce this extension next week, which will push the expiration date to June 14, 2019.

The move comes as a legal challenge to the new Wire Act opinion is starting to move through the process in the First Circuit, perceived as one of the most favorable venues for Wire Act litigation.

More on the extended Wire Act grace period at Online Poker Report.