Most of the mainstream media is sadly over-stating this. Although this is welcome clarification on the Wire Act, online gambling still falls under UIGEA and IGBA laws. The Black Friday indictments did not make use of the Wire Act specifically because of the ambiguity.

For further reading from the online poker media:

http://pokerfuse.com/news/law-legislation/department-justice...

http://craakker.blogspot.com/2011/12/why-doj-wire-act-opinio...