- By Chris Altruda
- December 18, 2019
Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal is working on a sports betting bill to protect amateur athletes from being exploited by gamblers.
Category: Legal
- By Gary Rotstein
- October 16, 2019
“It’s hard to imagine the [DOJ] devoting resources to aggressively addressing a problem that arguably doesn’t exist," said one lawyer at G2E.
- By Brian Pempus
- August 29, 2019
An alleged illegal bookie near Cleveland tried to wash the money through buy-ins at casino table games, the federal government said.
- By John Brennan
- July 24, 2019
Supreme Court justices made no fewer than three sports betting references in a single case, another sign of mainstream acceptance.
- By Brian Pempus
- July 23, 2019
A pair of gamblers in Hawaii were fined about $3,000 collectively for betting with an alleged illegal bookie, according to a media report.
- By Brian Pempus
- July 1, 2019
Last week in federal court, a Texas family pleaded guilty to running "one of the largest" illegal sports gambling operations in the country.
- By John Brennan
- February 15, 2019
With the New Hampshire Lottery potentially threatened, the state struck back against the DOJ's Wire Act opinion, suing new AG William Barr.
- By Eric Raskin
- January 24, 2019
"I think comparing it to UIGEA is a massive overreaction," says Joe Brennan Jr. of the Department of Justice's newly issued Wire Act opinion.
- By John Brennan
- January 15, 2019
As the gambling industry struggles to interpret the DOJ's new Wire Act opinion, questions emerge about the attorney general's involvement.
