NASHVILLE, Tenn.- The Israeli Supreme Court decided March 30 to begin requiring certain types of non-Orthodox conversions to Judaism be recognized by the state.

The Internet vastly expanded access to pornography, the World Wide Web has introduced an array of gambling methods that never require a person to set foot in a casino. As a result, online gambling has become a $10-billion-a-year industry.

The federal Wire Act of 1961 bans the use of telephones to place sports bets, but the law is hard to enforce because it does not specifically ban casino games -- especially through the Internet, since the method was not around when the law was passed. Lawmakers have been trying to update the ban, but little progress has been made, USA Today reported.

More than $200 million is bet on online poker each day, up from $16 million two years ago, according to PokerPulse.com, which gives insight into the magnitude of the movement.

Three states -- North Dakota, Illinois and Georgia -- are working toward legalizing online gambling using the justification that it would prevent further tax increases by serving as a revenue source. But the U.S. Justice Department has recently reiterated the federal ban on all Internet gambling, USA Today reported.