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Federal District Court Sides with Prior Circuit Court Opinion on Wire Act Interpretation

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In a win for the online gaming industry, the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island has entered an order in International Game Technology PLC et al. v. Merrick B Garland & The United States Department of Justice...more

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Federal Court Holds That DOJ Cannot Prosecute Company for Non-Sports Betting Under Wire Act

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On September 15, 2022, the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island (“Court” or “District Court”) entered a significant declaratory judgment addressing the Department of Justice’s (“DOJ”) historically...more

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Rhode Island District Court Sides with Prior First Circuit Opinion on Wire Act Interpretation

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In a win for the online gaming industry, on September 15, 2022, the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island entered an order in International Game Technology PLC et al. v. Merrick B Garland & The United...more

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The First Circuit Rules that the Wire Act Applies to Sports Betting Only

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We have analyzed the Federal Wire Act on several occasions, and have noted that it is one of the greatest impediments to the expansion of legalized interstate sports wagering. ...more

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Three Point Shot - March 2021

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Welcome to Three Point Shot, a newsletter brought to you by the Sports Law Group at Proskauer. Three Point Shot brings you the latest in sports law-related news and provides you with links to related materials. "Win-Time"...more

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First Circuit Rejects DOJ's Expansive View of Wire Act

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On the first day of the Biden administration, the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit confirmed that state-run intrastate online lotteries may continue to operate, consistent with the US Department of Justice's guidance...more

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First Circuit Case Doesn’t Move the Line on the Future of State Authorized Sports Betting

The First Circuit’s recent decision in New Hampshire Lottery Commission v. Rosen holds that the Wire Act’s prohibitions on interstate activity apply only to sports betting, and not to all types of bets and wagers, such as...more

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Sports and Only Sports: 1st Circuit Addresses Scope of the Wire Act

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit recently issued an important decision regarding the scope of the Wire Act. Aligning itself with the 5th Circuit, the 1st Circuit concluded that, in all of its applications, the...more

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First Circuit Says Wire Act Is Limited to Sports Wagering

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WHAT: According to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (First Circuit), the Federal Wire Act’s criminal prohibitions are limited to sports wagering activity only....more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Wire Act Ruling a Win for iGaming and Lotteries, Status Quo for Sports Betting—for Now

On Jan. 20, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit issued a potentially historic ruling in New Hampshire Lottery Commission et al. v. Barr et al., by rejecting an appeal brought by the U.S. Department of...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Is COVID-19 Fakery A Federal Crime?

The Justice Department is prosecuting a case of alleged phony corony. Employees, if you need to make up a story to get out of working, you might want to try something other than a fake case of COVID-19...more

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Gaming & Hospitality Legal News: Volume 12, Number 7 - Predictions for Gaming and Hospitality Trends in 2020

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The dawn of a new year always brings an opportunity to engage in speculation about significant events for the next year. At this time, the Gaming and Hospitality Group will do the same....more

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Implications from New Hampshire Lottery Commission v. Barr

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In a recent decision that inures to the benefit of the online gambling industry, a federal district court in New Hampshire held that the “the text, context, and structure of the Wire Act” limit its applicability to sports...more

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New Hampshire Hold ‘Em: Federal Decision Sets Aside Latest DOJ Wire Act Opinion

• On June 3, 2019, a federal court in New Hampshire ruled in favor of a New Hampshire state agency in concluding that “the text, context, and structure of the Wire Act” limit the Act’s applicability to sports gambling and no...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

The Wire Act Applies Only to Sports Gambling, For Now

On June 3, 2019, a federal court in New Hampshire issued a highly anticipated decision in New Hampshire Lottery Commission et al. v. Barr et al., challenging a recent opinion by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) regarding...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Federal Court “Discards” DOJ Interpretation Of Wire Act

In a closely watched case, a New Hampshire federal court has ruled that the Wire Act is limited to sports betting and set aside the DOJ’s recent opinion to the contrary. However, it limited the scope of its declaratory relief...more

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DOJ Asserts Wire Act Opinion Doesn’t Cover Lotteries

In an effort to side-step the lawsuit filed against it by the New Hampshire Lottery (and others), the Department of Justice (DOJ) asserts that its recent reinterpretation of the Wire Act doesn’t apply to lotteries. As we...more

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The State AG Report Weekly Update March 2019 #4

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Cannabis/Marijuana- South Dakota Attorney General Issues Clarifying Statement on Legality of Industrial Hemp and Cannabidiol Oil- South Dakota AG Jason Ravnsborg issued a clarifying statement regarding the legality of...more

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The State AG Report Weekly Update March 2019 #2

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2020 AG Elections- Republican Jim O’Neill Announces Candidacy for North Carolina Attorney General- Forsyth County District Attorney Jim O’Neill, a Republican, has declared his candidacy for North Carolina AG in 2020....more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Gambling on a DOJ Reversal

Finding “no good reason” for the recent opinion from the Department of Justice reversing course with regard to the application of the Wire Act to online gambling, a pair of state attorneys general (AGs) urged that the new...more

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DOJ Sued Over its Reinterpretation of the Wire Act

It didn’t take long. The New Hampshire Lottery has sued the Department of Justice (DOJ) to prevent enforcement of the DOJ’s opinion (issued last month) reinterpreting the Wire Act. As we reported last month, the DOJ reversed...more

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DOJ Reverses Course: The Wire Act Applies to Non-Sports Gambling (Again)

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• The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) has released an opinion concluding that the Wire Act, 18 U.S.C. §1084, restricts not just sports gambling but certain activities related to non-sports gambling...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

A Wire Act: DOJ Says Law Applies to All Forms of Gambling

Reversing its prior stance, the Department of Justice (DOJ) released a new opinion stating that the Wire Act applies to all forms of gambling—not just sports gambling—adding another layer of oversight to the online gambling...more

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Online Gambling And The DOJ’s Wire Act Reinterpretation

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On January 14, 2019, the U.S. Department of Justice issued a memorandum on its new interpretation of the Wire Act. The memorandum is a complete reversal by the DOJ from its 2011 memorandum on the same subject....more

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The House Always Wins: The DOJ Reverses Itself On The Wire Act

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On January 14, 2018, the U.S. Department of Justice expanded restrictions on online gambling, publicly releasing a November 2, 2018 opinion (the “Opinion”) from its Office of Legal Counsel. The opinion reversed DOJ’s previous...more

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