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NEW YORK – A Canadian company has agreed to pay $9.1 million to resolve charges that it facilitated illegal Internet gambling by processing payments for U.S. customers.

Federal prosecutors in New York said Thursday that a subsidiary of ESI Entertainment Systems illegally processed more than $2 billion in wagers for American gamblers between 2003 and 2007.

The company abruptly halted payments after executives of a rival Internet payment company were arrested in the U.S.

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