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Major League Baseball, the NBA, NFL, NHL, and NCAA just sued Delaware over the state’s new Sports Lottery Act, charging that it violates the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act a federal law that that restricts amateur and professional sports betting, in addition to the Delaware Constitution.

You can read the new Delaware sports betting lawsuit here:

You can read the Delaware law, the Sports Lottery Act here:

  • Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act, 28 U.S.C. § 3701, et seq.
  • Markell Administration Responds to Sports Lottery Lawsuit, Delaware Governor Jack Markell (July 24, 2009)
  • Delaware to Legalize Form of Sports Betting, by Denis Cummings, Finding Dulcinea (May 13, 2009)
  • NCAA Official Position / Statement on Sports Betting
  • The Tarnished Twenty, FindLaw’s Sports Law Blog

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