Tag: State regulation of sports betting
State Regulation of Sports Betting is Best Bet
September 28, 2018
The state regulation of sports betting is a better option for America. That is what Sara Slane, senior vice president of public affairs at the American Gaming Association (AGA), stated in testimony before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations, “Post-PASPA: An Examination of Sports Betting in America,”. She emphasized that federal oversight of sports betting is unnecessary in ongoing efforts to create effective legal sports betting markets in the United States. Highlights of Slane’s opening remarks include: “Because of the active, robust state and regulatory tribal gaming oversight, gaming is one of the most strictly…