Back in February, patron-saint of sports betting law Ted Olson advanced a proposition: the First Circuit held the Wire Act only applies to sports betting. Read More
A letter obtained Friday by Legal Sports Report outlines how New Jersey might fight the recent Wire Act opinion reversal by the Department of Justice. Read More
Looking at Monday’s news on a new federal Wire Act memo from the Office of Leagal Counsel (OLC) requires a brief history lesson before reviewing a document not friendly to online gambling interests. Read More
Daily fantasy sports operator DraftOps says paid-entry DFS is illegal in Minnesota as part of a lawsuit involving the NHL's Wild, a bizarre claim for an industry whose legality is in question throughout the US. Read More
The U.S. senator who introduced the language that would eventually exempt fantasy sports from federal law says daily fantasy sports should be regulated. Read More
A former federal prosecutor who now represents FanDuel says the daily fantasy sports operator is nothing like the online poker sites she helped bring down. Read More
New evidence in the New York daily fantasy sports cases involving DraftKings and FanDuel brings up questions about the former's compliance with the federal law that created a carveout for fantasy sports. Read More
The trend of states borrowing from the UIGEA when considering permitting or regulating daily fantasy sports may set the process on track for trouble. Read More