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AG First Circuit Court of Appeals Decision Saves Millions in Annual Funding for Schools, First Responders First Circuit Court of Appeals Decision Saves Millions in Annual Funding for Schools, First Responders Contact: Ryan Jarvi 517-599-2746Agency: Attorney General January 22, 2021 LANSING – Millions of dollars in annual funding for Michigan schools and first responders derived from lottery revenues have been preserved by a federal First Circuit Court of Appeals decision in the cas...

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Las Vegas Sands (LVS) could soon embrace online gaming despite long-time opposition from CEO Sheldon Adelson, who died on Jan. 11, industry experts said. Then-President Donald Trump awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Miriam Adelson in 2018. The widow of Las Vegas Sands CEO Sheldon Adelson could play a key role in shaping the company’s priorities, such as on online gaming. (Image: Saul Loeb/ AFP via Getty Images) His legacy will not lead to prohibitions against online gambling or spor...

In the two years since the U.S. Department of Justice revised its 2011 opinion on the Federal Wire Act in an effort to halt the expansion of online casino gaming, the activity has grown from three states to five with Michigan becoming the sixth state on Friday. On Wednesday, the First Circuit Court of Appeals validated that evolution. The court, in a 49-page opinion, sided with a lower court ruling and the New Hampshire State Lottery arguments that the antiquated 1961 law applies only to interst...

  Home : Poker News : Appeals Court Allows Interstate Online Poker, Strikes Down DOJs 2019 Wire Act Opinion Appeals Court Allows Interstate Online Poker, Strikes Down DOJs 2019 Wire Act Opinion In A Major Victory For Online Poker, First Circuit Court Of Appeals Upheld A Lower Court Ruling, Allowing Some Forms Of Interstate Online Gambling by Steve Schult  |  Published: Jan 20, 2021 In a huge victory for the state of online poker in the United States, the First Circuit Court of Appeals uphe...

Industry - News: A Federal Circuit Court rejected the Justice Department’s 2019 decision to revise the Federal Wire Act, agreeing with a lower court in New Hampshire

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit is upholding a lower court ruling that the New Hampshire Lottery Commission can continue to sell lottery tickets online, despite a challenge by the Trump Administration. The case centers on an opinion released by the Department of Justice in 2018 that found online lottery ticket sales violated the Wire Act, which was signed into law in 1961. The Office of Legal Counsel’s decision was a reversal of its own 2011 memo that cleared the way for onlin...

Newsroom Howard Stutz, CDC Gaming Reports · January 20, 2021 at 4:10 pm A Federal Circuit Court Wednesday rejected the Justice Department’s 2019 decision to revise the Federal Wire Act, agreeing with a lower court in New Hampshire that the 1961 law relates only to interstate sports betting. The ruling by the First Circuit Court of Appeals favored the case brought by the New Hampshire Lottery, which sought to vacate the 23-page opinion from the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel...

The First Circuit ruled Wednesday that the federal Wire Act applies only to interstate communications related to sports betting, rejecting a 2018 U.S. Department of Justice legal opinion interpreting the act as applying to gambling more broadly.

New Hampshire won its second consecutive court victory against the U.S. government, reported Jeff Ifrah, a lawyer in the case. The First Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Wire Act applies only to sporting events and contests, meaning online lottery — and, of interest to the poker industry, interstate online poker — does not violate U.S. law. The state had brought suit against the government after a late 2018 memo changed the Department of Justices stance on the matter. Short of...