You may have heard. On Monday, the Supreme Court issued its opinions in Murphy v. NCAA. In doing so, they held unconstitutional a federal law that made sports gambling illegal. Want more information? See below.
What’s going on here?
In 1992, Congress passed the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA). This law made it illegal for states or individuals to operate sports-betting schemes.* Note that it did not make sports-betting schemes a violation of federal law, and the federal government did not appropriate enforcement funds. Rather, enforcement was left to the Attorney General or private entities filling civil lawsuits against anyone who violated PASPA.