If sports betting becomes legal in New York state this year, it looks more and more likely it’s going to be limited, at least at first. A player would have to be physically present within one of four new private Upstate New York casinos -- or one of the half dozen operated by the Oneida or Seneca Indian nations -- to place a bet.
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The legal reasoning behind the Justice Department’s unusual reversal this week of an opinion that paved the way for online gambling hewed closely to arguments made by lobbyists for casino magnate and top Republican donor Sheldon Adelson.
Read More . . .Virginia, known to be a slow adopter of new forms of gambling, seems to have more legislators than ever this year chasing gold in sports betting, casino gambling, horse track betting and other forms of tax revenue.
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The U.S. Department of Justice reversal of the 2011 opinion that the Wire Act only applied to sports betting came out of seemingly nowhere and was fueled by Sheldon Adelson and the Attorney General's dislike for gambling in general.
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Maryland lawmakers are exploring a faster way to approve sports betting this year, but it’s unclear if they will be able to do it without voter approval in 2020. Voters endorsed a constitutional amendment allowing casinos in 2008, but further commercial gambling expansion requires another voter referendum.
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Gov. Charlie Baker unveiled a proposal on Thursday that would legalize and tax betting on professional sports online and at casinos in Massachusetts.
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With the state facing a $3.1 billion fiscal gap, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has put the finishing touches on a state spending plan that is expected to top $170 billion and find new revenues from sports betting and taxes on what is expected to be legalized sale of marijuana.
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In a statement Wednesday, the companies said they’ve entered into a tentative partnership provided the state moves forward with sports gambling legalization. The deal would also be subject to Iowa gaming regulatory authorities.
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Court ruling against the Seneca Indian Nation is just one more example of the failings of the IGRA.
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The new interpretation is based on a clause in the Act that prohibits use of a “wire communication facility for the transmission in interstate or foreign commerce of bets or wagers or information assisting in the placing of bets or wagers on any sporting event or contest…” The question is, does the phrase “on any sporting event or contest” circumscribe the application of the phrase “bets or wagers” or is it an addition on top of the general prohibition of all bets and wagers?
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Former Michigan Governor Rick Snyder may have rejected a bi-partisan effort to greatly expand all kinds of online and charitable gambling in Michigan with a lame duck veto as he was headed out the door, but there is too much money at stake for it to go away.
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The U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel reversed a 2011 opinion that the Federal Wire Act applies only to sports betting, potentially throwing the small U.S. Internet gaming market into question.
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