back to article 21. The Minnesota Attorney General's Office distributed a "Warning to All Internet Users and Providers," (available at http://www.state.mn.us/ebranch/ag/memo.txt), stating that "[p]ersons outside of Minnesota who transmit information via the Internet knowing that information will be disseminated in Minnesota are subject to jurisdiction in Minnesota courts for violations of state criminal and civil laws". Id. (emphasis omitted). The conclusion rested on the Minnesota general criminal jurisdiction statute, which provides that "a person may be convicted and sentenced under the law of this State if the person...(3) Being without the state, intentionally causes a result within the state prohibited by the criminal laws of this State." Minn. Stat. Ann. Sect. 609.025 (West 1987). Minnesota also began civil proceedings against Wagernet, a Nevada gambling business which posted an Internet advertisement for online gambling services. See Complaint, Minnesota v. Granite Gate Resorts, Inc. (1995) (No. 9507227), available at http://www.state.mn.us/ebranch/ag/ggcom.txt. The Florida Attorney General, bycontrast, contends that it is illegal to use the Web to gamble from within Florida but concedes that the Attorney General's office should not waste time trying to enforce the unenforceable. 95-70 Op. Fla. Att'y Gen. (1995), available at http://legal.firn.edu/units/opinions/95-70.html. For a generaldiscussion of these pronouncements, see Mark Eckenwiler, States Get Entangled in the Web, Legal Times, Jan. 22. 1996, at S35.