No one could have foreseen the Internet in 1961. And yet, that year an act was passed to prevent organized crime from taking sports bets over the telephone. Now, nearly 60 years later people wonder if the Wire Act will always be a roadblock to interstate online gambling in America. Whether the Act applies to all forms of gambling (or only sports betting) is currently the subject of a court in the First Circuit. But even ignoring the potential broader ramifications, the antiquated law has already proven itself detrimental to the sector’s growth. So what are the chances of getting…

The New Hampshire Lottery won a major victory in US District Court earlier this year against the US Department of Justice. The state organization prevailed when it was determined that the Wire Act only applied to sports betting. Now, the DOJ online gambling fight has renewed, and they have appealed the decision in an effort to target online gambling and poker. Experts agree that this case will most likely end up before the Supreme Court. Hello friends, and thank you for streaming another edition of This Week in Gambling. Our friends at the US Department of Justice are back in…

Just two months after the Department of Justice announced it was changing it’s opinion on the Wire Act, 15 states and the District of Columbia are set to join the DOJ online gambling lawsuit Additionally, New Jersey is asking the court for a Declaratory Judgment that the Wire Act only applies to sports betting, not to online gambling or poker. We also have sports betting news from the NCAA just in time for March Madness. This week’s special offer is for Gossip Slots.

The outrage following the DOJ online gambling reversal on the Wire Act was swift and wide-reaching. Many wondered how it would be possible for the top law enforcement department in the country to suddenly decide to change course on a topic so sensitive, coincidentally after sports gambling became legal across the U.S. The immediate reaction, which was based on certain assumptions and intuitive deductions, was that someone in the gambling industry—perhaps someone like outspoken online gambling opponent Sheldon Adelson—forced the DOJ to reverse its stance. New Hampshire, through the New Hampshire Lottery, has already announced that it is suing “the…