The FDIC has information at http://www.fdic.gov/regulations/laws/rules/6500-200.html. Information about Regulation Z is also available at numerous sites, including http://www.mortgage-mart.com/regz.html. Pfennig v. Household Credit Services, Inc. illustrates many of these concepts.
The Fair Credit Reporting Act, including amendments, can be viewed at the FTC's Web site, http://www.ftc.gov/os/statutes/fcra.htm.
Information about the Equal Credit Opportunity Act as provided by the FTC is available at http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/credit/ecoa.htm.
The FTC lists the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and related links at http://www.ftc.gov/os/statutes/fdcpajump.htm.
See Tom Lowery, "Debtors Take Credit Cards to Task for Allowing Bets," USA Today, August 17, 1999, p. B1; Datamonitor, "Bright Future for Online Gambling," July 14, 2001, http://nua.com.