New Hampshire wins appeal; Wire Act does not apply to lotteries

Comment #7

From802 — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 13:27:08 GMT

What would be more convincing is if more states joined this lawsuit, which would give it more teeth to force congress to change antiquated laws like this. However, when you have originalist SCOTUS judges it'll very hard to convince them to knock down precedent. I would argue that this law then infringes on Article IV, Section I and goes against the full faith and credit clause.

Comment #6

Think — Mon, 25 Jan 2021 21:26:03 GMT

Well I hope that means we can play games in other states now...they should have to compete. If a game is bad it is bad and if we can now play games across state lines then let the competition began

Comment #5

DELotteryPlyr — Mon, 25 Jan 2021 10:28:24 GMT

Clear proof of why we need term limits of 2 MAYBE 3 terms. Look how old everyone in Washington is.

Comment #4

Stack47 — Mon, 25 Jan 2021 02:04:21 GMT

Never did understand the DOJ's logic in changing the 2011 opinion by including Internet lotteries with sports betting. It's not like lottery games can shave points or lose on purpose. Been 100 years since the Chicago Black White Sox were caught and banned from baseball for betting on games . If interstate and Internet sports betting becomes legal, Pete Rose might be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Comment #3

Rodney Lundy — Sun, 24 Jan 2021 15:50:53 GMT

You are right some laws need to change with time and technology

Comment #2

Rodney Lundy — Sun, 24 Jan 2021 15:49:42 GMT

Good win

Comment #1

Bleudog101 — Sun, 24 Jan 2021 14:32:03 GMT

That awful law from the early 60's was written long before Internet communication was even thought of which we can thank the DOD/Pentagon for.

If Johnny lives in MD and wants to buy CA lotto tickets on the Internet so be it and allow this to happen, antiquated laws needs to be updated or abolished.

On the slot machine equation of things am hopeful that once things settle down in DC the taxable limit goes from $1200 to $5K as proposed by a Congressman from NV and IL.

New Hampshire wins appeal; Wire Act does not apply to lotteries

Lottery Post — Sun, 24 Jan 2021 14:16:06 GMT

By Kate Northrop

The New Hampshire Lottery has prevailed against the US Department of Justice when a federal court ruled Wednesday that the Wire Act does not apply to lotteries, cementing the legality of participating in the state lottery over the Internet.

In August of 2019, the US Department of Justice (DoJ) filed a notice of appeal following the decision by the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to find in favor of the New Hampshire Lottery in the long-awaite... [ More ]