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NH Lottery Commission v. US Attorney General et al

  1. January 20, 2021

    1st Circ. Affirms Narrow View Of Wire Act In Betting Industry

    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.

  2. August 16, 2019

    DOJ Takes Wire Act Reinterpretation Issue To 1st Circ.

    The U.S. Department of Justice on Friday appealed a federal court decision that rejected its opinion the Wire Act prohibits interstate gambling beyond sports betting, prolonging a closely watched legal fight over the reinterpretation that opponents say will hamper the growing online lottery and gambling industries.

  3. June 03, 2019

    DOJ's View That Wire Act Applies Beyond Sports Betting KO'd

    A New Hampshire federal judge on Monday set aside a recent U.S. Department of Justice reinterpretation of the Wire Act to apply beyond sports gambling in a closely watched challenge by the New Hampshire Lottery Commission and lottery vendors that had argued the opinion would hamper the growing online lottery and gambling industries.

  4. May 03, 2019

    Mich. Lottery Backs NH's Challenge To DOJ Wire Act Ruling

    The agency that runs Michigan's state lottery has thrown its weight behind a New Hampshire lottery's suit to overturn a controversial U.S. Department of Justice opinion that could imperil all state lotteries, calling the DOJ's recent reinterpretation of the Wire Act deeply flawed.

  5. April 15, 2019

    Lottery Can Challenge DOJ Wire Act Opinion, Judge Says

    The U.S. Department of Justice can't walk back its new legal opinion that the Wire Act applies to interstate gambling beyond sports betting in order to avoid a challenge from the New Hampshire state lottery and other online lottery vendors, a New Hampshire federal judge has ruled.

  6. April 09, 2019

    DOJ Says Its New Wire Act Opinion Doesn't Apply To Lotteries

    New Hampshire's lottery commission can't sue over a recent U.S. Department of Justice opinion that critics say effectively outlaws nonsports online gambling, the DOJ has told a federal court, because that opinion doesn't apply to lotteries.

  7. March 26, 2019

    Anti-Gambling, Retail Groups Defend DOJ's Wire Act Opinion

    A convenience store trade association and an anti-internet gambling advocacy group filed a brief Tuesday in New Hampshire federal court voicing support for the U.S. Department of Justice's finding that the federal Wire Act applies to non-sports betting.

  8. March 22, 2019

    DOJ Looks To Dodge New Wire Act Opinion Challenge

    The U.S. Department of Justice on Friday asked a New Hampshire federal judge to toss a state lottery agency challenge to its January finding that the federal Wire Act applies to nonsports betting, saying the law is clear and the defendants are not facing any risk.

  9. March 11, 2019

    NJ Adds Muscle To NH Push To Topple DOJ Betting Opinion

    New Jersey has waded into a New Hampshire federal court case aimed at toppling the U.S. Department of Justice's revised opinion that the Wire Act's prohibitions against interstate gambling apply to non-sports betting, arguing that the future of the non-sports-related online gaming industry in the Garden State is at stake.

  10. February 15, 2019

    NH Lottery Hits DOJ With Challenge To New Wire Act Opinion

    The New Hampshire Lottery Commission on Friday launched a legal challenge to the U.S. Department of Justice's January finding that the federal Wire Act's prohibitions against interstate gambling apply to non-sports betting.

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