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Once Upon a Federal Sports Gambling Bill

In  2018, Utah Senator Orrin Hatch drafted a bill intended to create a framework for federal sports gambling. Readers of this blog will recall that on the eve of the 2018 football season, Senator Hatch, an original author of the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (“PASPA”), gave a floor speech foreshadowing that such a bill was in the […]

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Sports Gambling Law: Court Strikes Down DOJ Wire Act Opinion

June 7, 2019 In a significant development in the world of sports gambling law, the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire has ruled against the Department of Justice (“DOJ”), striking down its recent opinion concerning the Wire Act’s application beyond sports betting. Why did the Court strike down the Wire Act

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New Jersey Legalizes Sports Gambling

June 14, 2018 New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed sports gambling legislation into law this week.  As the jurisdiction that led the effort which culminated in the Supreme Court decision striking down the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (“PASPA”), all interested eyes had been on New Jersey to see how aggressively the State would

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Is Federal Sports Gambling Legislation Coming Soon?

May 23, 2018 In the wake of the landmark Supreme Court decision striking the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (“PASPA”), one of its original authors, Utah Senator Orrin Hatch, has said that he intends to introduce a bill that would legalize sports gambling on a federal level.  Among the reasons that Senator Hatch believes

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What the Supreme Court ruling on sports betting means for California

Sports Gambling to Proceed on a State LevelAmy DiPierro, The Desert Sun Published 6:22 p.m. PT May 14, 2018 | Updated 10:58 a.m. PT May 15, 2018 SportsPulse: Supreme Court reporter Richard Wolf breaks down the SCOTUS ruling on sports betting in the United States, and what it could mean for the future of gambling

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Appeals Court Says “No” to Sports Betting in New Jersey

August 9, 2016 The U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals has issued a ruling denying New Jersey’s efforts to legalize sports betting in the State.   The ongoing league battle has pitted several professional sports associations against the State of New Jersey in a high stakes effort to undercut the federal Professional and Amateur Sports Protection

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