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Betting On Gambling: How Professional Sports Leagues Could Increase Revenues Following Murphy V. Ncaa, Edward “Max” Bell
Betting On Gambling: How Professional Sports Leagues Could Increase Revenues Following Murphy V. Ncaa, Edward “Max” Bell
The Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship & the Law
This comment explores the avenues professional sports leagues are taking to profit from legalized sports gambling following the Murphy decision. Part II provides the modern historical legal background of sports gambling in America, discussing the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act and the reasoning for and the effects following the Act’s falling in Murphy. Part III analyzes the current sports gambling landscape, including the current federal and state legal landscape; society’s ever-revolving views on sports gambling; the American sports gambling industry, the offshore industry, and the growth of the industry as a whole; and the stances of sports leagues before …
The House Advantage: How The Professional And Amateur Sports Protection Act Undermines Concepts Of Federalism, And Severely Impacts New Jersey's Gambling-Feuled Economy, Anthony D'Alessandro
The House Advantage: How The Professional And Amateur Sports Protection Act Undermines Concepts Of Federalism, And Severely Impacts New Jersey's Gambling-Feuled Economy, Anthony D'Alessandro
Seton Hall Circuit Review
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Switch Hitters: How League Involvement In Daily Fantasy Sports Could End The Prohibition Of Sports Gambling, Jordan Meddy
Switch Hitters: How League Involvement In Daily Fantasy Sports Could End The Prohibition Of Sports Gambling, Jordan Meddy
Brooklyn Journal of Corporate, Financial & Commercial Law
Whether in the form of lotto tickets or casino table games, gambling is legally permitted in some way in virtually every U.S. state. Yet, in all but a handful of jurisdictions, federal law prohibits wagering on sporting events or professional athletes in any form. Several economically challenged states, particularly New Jersey, have been trying to authorize sports gambling within their borders as a way to raise tax revenues and support their local gambling industries. While these attempts have thus far been unsuccessful, Daily Fantasy Sports have simultaneously experienced a meteoric rise, becoming a multi-billion dollar industry. This Note examines the …
Playing Favorites: Congress's Denial Of Equal Sovereignty To The States In The Professional And Amateur Sports Protection Act, Justin W. Mckithen
Playing Favorites: Congress's Denial Of Equal Sovereignty To The States In The Professional And Amateur Sports Protection Act, Justin W. Mckithen
Georgia Law Review
The Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992 (PASPA) illegalizes state-sponsored sports wagering activity nationwide. PASPA was intended to be a protective measure, as sports wagering was feared to threaten the integrity of sports. Grandfathering provisions in PASPA, however, exempt sports wagering schemes in Delaware, Montana, Nevada, and Oregon-effectively granting these states a monopoly over the (legalized) sports wagering industry. Faced with budgetary crises and other economic hardships, New Jersey is currently at the forefront of an effort to overturn PASPA and permit the other forty-six states to legalize sports wagering in their jurisdictions, a measure that could generate …