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Following in Florida’s Footsteps: Hub-and-Spoke Sports Betting Could Be Coming to Wisconsin.
Oct 28, 2025
Following in Florida’s Footsteps: Hub-and-Spoke Sports Betting Could Be Coming to Wisconsin.
Statewide online sports betting may soon be coming to Wisconsin. Last week, a bipartisan group of Wisconsin legislators introduced a bill, LRB-4723/1, which would legalize online sports betting in the state.[1] If the bill is enacted into law, Wisconsin would become the 32nd state to allow online sports betting statewide. Wisconsin has not yet enacted…
As Predicted, Prediction Markets Dominate G2E Discussions
Oct 13, 2025
As Predicted, Prediction Markets Dominate G2E Discussions
Every year at the biggest gaming conference in the world, G2E, there is one topic on everyone’s lips. In past years, these topics have been legalized online sports wagering, daily fantasy sports, legalized iGaming, expansions of legalized online gaming, social gaming, and sweepstakes casinos. This year it was no different; the topic being – prediction…
Practice, Study Hall and Sports Betting? NCAA Set to Allow College Athletes to Bet on Professional Sports
Oct 10, 2025
Practice, Study Hall and Sports Betting? NCAA Set to Allow College Athletes to Bet on Professional Sports
First came the name, image, and likeness deals, and now…sports betting. Following a trend of eliminating certain restrictions on collegiate student-athletes, the NCAA’s Division I Administrative Committee just approved a proposal that removes the ban on student-athletes and athletic department staff engaging in sports betting on professional sports. Division II and Division III officials must…
Caught Red Handed, But What is Pete Rose’s Crime?
Sep 10, 2025
Caught Red Handed, But What is Pete Rose’s Crime?
What exactly is the hustle that has kept Pete Rose from safely sliding into the Baseball Hall of Fame? Recently released FBI files from the late 1980’s put little flesh on the skeleton in Rose’s closet, but plenty of normative questions remain about Rose’s now posthumous candidacy. The FBI reports lay out how a local…
Reviving the Statute of Anne: Should Lawyers Mine Centuries-Old Statutes for Profit?
Jun 16, 2025
Reviving the Statute of Anne: Should Lawyers Mine Centuries-Old Statutes for Profit?
For most of American history, state governments strictly prohibited nearly every form of gambling. In the last 100 years, however, many states have loosened gambling prohibitions in favor of a legal, regulated gambling industry. Still, remnants of strict, anti-gambling attitudes remain on the books in many states in the form of “loss recovery acts.” These…
Our Big Three Predictions for the Online Gaming Industry in 2025
Jan 6, 2025
Our Big Three Predictions for the Online Gaming Industry in 2025
In 2025, we will celebrate the seventh anniversary of the repeal of PASPA and the resulting increase in legalization and popularity of various offerings in the gaming industry – namely sports wagering and online casino gaming. We predict 2025 will bring the following to the industry: (1) further actions from state authorities to fight back…
“The Devil Made Me Bet It” – the Third Circuit Considers Arguments in Bettor’s Case Against Casino
Dec 16, 2024
“The Devil Made Me Bet It” – the Third Circuit Considers Arguments in Bettor’s Case Against Casino
Can a casino be held liable for encouraging its patrons to gamble, particularly when those patrons exhibit signs of problem gambling? That is the question the Third Circuit Court of Appeals was left to contemplate following oral arguments in the case of Antar v. The Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa, LLC et al., which took…
A Modest Proposal to Reduce AI Liability: Add Warnings
Nov 4, 2024
A Modest Proposal to Reduce AI Liability: Add Warnings
CONTENT WARNING: This blog includes discussion of suicide.[1] Imaginary friends are a common staple of childhood. Indeed, many children invoke the companionship of imaginary friends – relying on their creativity and imagination for entertainment and friendship. However, nowadays, young people no longer need to rely solely on their own creativity to conjure up a fictional…
CFTC “Special Rule” Interpretation Led to an October Surprise
Oct 23, 2024
CFTC “Special Rule” Interpretation Led to an October Surprise
On October 2, 2024, the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued a decision that permitted KalshiEx LLC (“Kalshi”) to legally offer election contracts, which allow buyers to put down money based on their predictions as to party control of Congress and presidential election results.[1] This decision, and the district court decision…
When Sports Bettors Win, So Does the IRS
Oct 7, 2024
When Sports Bettors Win, So Does the IRS
Sports betting and adjacent industries have exploded in the United States. One area that continues to cause confusion is the taxation of these businesses – both for the companies and the individual players. For individual bettors, the IRS has clear rules on gambling income that predate the recent explosion of the sports betting industry. In…
