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House and Senate Bills introduced in 2019 status related to Sports Betting
State
Bill
Status
Summary/Title
Last Action
VA
HB2210
Intro
Virginia Lottery; repeal prohibition against sale...
Status of State House and Senate Bills introduced in 2019
State
Bill
Status
Summary/Title
Last Action
MO
HB423
Intro
Establishes the Missouri Video Lottery Control Act...
The DOJ Shouldn't Reignite the Fight Against Intrastate Gambling
The government has been shut down for over two weeks and is on track to become the longest shutdown in U.S. history. As for how long the ...
NY Arbitration panel decides Seneca Nation should share casino revenue
An arbitration panel’s sided with New York State in its efforts to add more than $100 million a year to state coffers from the combined r...
Feds investigating whether former Interior Secretary Zinke lied about East Windsor casino
The Justice Department’s public integrity section is examining whether newly departed Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke lied to his agency’s ...
Germany’s Schleswig-Holstein online casino licenses expire
Germany’s Schleswig-Holstein online casino licenses expire Germany’s online gambling market is closing a chapter as the first online cas...
Companies operating video slot machines in Wyoming bars are challenging the attorney general's opinion that the games constitute illegal gambling
Companies operating video slot machines in Wyoming bars are challenging the attorney general's opinion that the games constitute illegal ...
Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery III has issued an opinion that could open the door to legalizing sports betting in Tennessee
“If chance is the dominant factor in determining the outcome of the contest, the contest constitutes a lottery, and absent an amendment t...
Kentucky court tosses $870 million judgment against online poker group
In a victory for an online poker giant, the Kentucky Court of Appeals on Friday threw out an $870.7 million judgment against the operator...
Newfoundland and Labrador Court of Appeal okays class action over 'mesmerizing' video lottery terminals
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — An intriguing court case that alleges Crown-owned video lottery terminals are inherently deceptive and violate the Cri...
Today the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) delivered its judgment in the Stanley International Betting and Stanleybet Malta case
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For immediate release
EU Court again pronounces clear ruling on lottery regulation
Rulin...
Global law firm opens video game, esports division
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has harnessed the collective competitive video gaming, or esports, experience of a core group of a...
Draft Legislation Signals Potential Federal Oversight Over Nascent Sports Betting Industry
Federal sports wagering legislation previewed by Sen. Orrin Hatch after the repeal of the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act ...
Wyoming AG: skill games illegal, “those who play them are engaged in gambling”
Wyoming Attorney General Peter K. Michael has issued a formal opinion on the legality of the “Wyoming Skill Games,” which are electronic ...
Legal Experts Examine The New Federal Sports Betting Bill: Is This PASPA All Over Again?
The draft of a federal sports betting bill released this week by outgoing Utah Senator Orrin Hatch, much like a certain 26-year-old law t...
Federal Sports Gambling Bill Expected Soon
Federal Sports Gambling Bill Expected Soon
Klein Moynihan Turco LLP
USA December 10 2018
According to recent repor...
A Looming Federal Decision Could Transform Tribal Gaming in Oregon. The Lottery Has Its Fingers Crossed
Two tribes have very different visions for the future. Will we see "casinos up and down I-5"—or something else?
Any day now, the federal...
The Seventh Circuit on Thursday declared college athletes’ lawsuit against fantasy sports websites FanDuel and DraftKings over
CHICAGO (CN) – The Seventh Circuit on Thursday declared college athletes’ lawsuit against fantasy sports websites FanDuel and DraftKings...
Banks, DOJ Opinions Differ on Online Gambling
Nearly seven years ago, as American families busily prepared for Christmas, the U.S. Justice Department quietly released a legal opinion ...
Maine's highest court declines to hear question on tribal casino
HOULTON, Maine — Maine’s top state court is declining to weigh in on the constitutionality of tribal gambling.
In their brief opinion T...
Belgium heads new project to standardise European gaming law
Peter Naessens, the director of the Belgian Gaming Commission, is going to lead a new project aimed to standardise online gambling legisl...
South Africa: Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry adopted the redrafted National Gambling Amendment Bill
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Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry today adopted the redrafted National Gambling Amendment Bill.
Com...
NFL, NCAA, other leagues prevail in Supreme Court sports betting spin-off lawsuit
The five sports leagues involved in the Supreme Court sports betting case have won a follow-up lawsuit that sought millions of dollars in...
INTERPOL Integrity in Sport Bi-Weekly Bulletin - 23 October 2018 - 5 November 2018
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has recently suspended Sri Lanka’s bowling coach for match-fixing and other corruption conduct in...
Europol helps Portugal take down illegal online gambling ring
Pan-European crime fighters Europol and Portuguese authorities have teamed up to take down a illegal cross-border online gambling operati...
ZEAL lost a court ruling that said its Ventura24 lottery brokerage service requires a licence from Sociedad Estatal Loterias y Apuestas del Estado (SELAE)
ZEAL Group will close its Spanish lottery brokerage service after an unfavourable Spanish Supreme Court ruling, the company said as it re...
Lotto Rheinland-Pfalz prevails in lawsuit against a Gibraltar-based lottery betting operator, stating that the operator is not authorised to offer its services to German players
GOOGLE TRANSLATION
Court bans gambling providers from Gibraltar
A Gibraltar-based provider of online gambling has the Koblenz distri...
DraftKings, FanDuel Win Indiana Supreme Court Ruling on Using Names and Stats of College Athletes
The Indiana Supreme Court has ruled that DraftKings and FanDuel have the right to use the names and statistics of college football athlet...
Judge rules instant racing machines don't violate Kentucky state constitution
LEXINGTON, Ky. – A Kentucky circuit court judge has ruled that gambling devices in operation at four facilities in the state comply with ...