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Following in Florida’s Footsteps: Hub-and-Spoke Sports Betting Could Be Coming to Wisconsin.
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October 28, 2025
Following in Florida’s Footsteps: Hub-and-Spoke Sports Betting Could Be Coming to Wisconsin.
By: John Mikuta
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 any statewide sports betting legislation. In fact, Wisconsin’s Constitution generally prohibits the legislature from authorizing “gambling in any form.”[2] Wisconsin law also provides that anyone who “[m]akes a bet” is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.[3] The proposed bill gets over these hurdles by excluding from the definition of “bet” any online event or sports wager made by a person physically in Wisconsin, so long…
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As Predicted, Prediction Markets Dominate G2E Discussions
October 13, 2025
As Predicted, Prediction Markets Dominate G2E Discussions
By: Sara Dalsheim
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 markets. With the growing popularity of exchanges such as Kalshi…
Practice, Study Hall and Sports Betting? NCAA Set to Allow College Athletes to Bet on Professional Sports
October 10, 2025
Practice, Study Hall and Sports Betting? NCAA Set to Allow College Athletes to Bet on Professional Sports
By: Michelle Cohen
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 also adopt the proposal before it can become effective. Assuming…
The Gambling Industry’s Regulatory Lessons for Cryptocurrency
February 24, 2025
The Gambling Industry’s Regulatory Lessons for Cryptocurrency
By: Sara Dalsheim
While most of American population has mixed feelings on the results of the 2024 election; the cryptocurrency (“crypto”) industry does not. Crypto companies made up one-third of all direct corporate contributions to political action committees, and it resulted in 85% of all winning congressional candidates being supporters of the crypto industry. So, what does the win mean? Likely, a clear regulatory authority and rules over…
Crypto’s Gamble Pays Off: SEC Enforcement Stalls Under Trump Administration
February 21, 2025
Crypto’s Gamble Pays Off: SEC Enforcement Stalls Under Trump Administration
By: Jake Gray
The cryptocurrency industry’s political bet on Trump appears to be paying early dividends in his administration’s first month. The Securities Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) rapid pivot–reorganizing its enforcement units and pausing major crypto litigation–signals a dramatic shift in the agency’s approach to digital asset regulation. In the past, we have analyzed several enforcement actions by the SEC against cryptocurrency companies that issued their own tokens. Our…
The Election Betting Experiment: Will Congress Rebottle This Genie?
January 8, 2025
The Election Betting Experiment: Will Congress Rebottle This Genie?
By: Jake Gray
Just this fall, Americans in all 50 states were able to put their money where they mouth was on the outcome of the 2024 Presidential Election—what many news outlets call, and even one platform itself has called, election betting. Betting, notably, is not legal in all 50 states. Before the Supreme Court’s ruling, sports betting was largely prohibited nationwide under PASPA, with only Nevada and…
Our Big Three Predictions for the Online Gaming Industry in 2025
January 6, 2025
Our Big Three Predictions for the Online Gaming Industry in 2025
By: Sara Dalsheim
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 against the illegal offshore market; (2) further clarifications from state…
“The Devil Made Me Bet It” – the Third Circuit Considers Arguments in Bettor’s Case Against Casino
December 16, 2024
“The Devil Made Me Bet It” – the Third Circuit Considers Arguments in Bettor’s Case Against Casino
By: Abbey Block
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 place last week.[1] The plaintiff in the case, Sam Antar,…
