About the bill
This would make it harder to discover such real sports bets as which color the winning team’s Gatorade shower will be.
Context
In 2018, the Supreme Court allowed states to legalize sports betting. The court struck down a 1992 federal law called the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act as unconstitutional, which had largely outlawed the practice.
Authored by Justice Samuel Alito, the 6–3 decision in Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association opened the floodgates. Just in the five years since then, more than half of all states have legalized some form of sports betting. (Although numerous differences still exist between states, such as whether betting on in-state teams or on college teams is allowed.)
Even if you’ve never placed a sports bet yourself, you’ve probably seen some …
Sponsor and status
118th Congress (2023–2025)
Introduced on Feb 9, 2023
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H.R. 967 is a bill in the United States Congress.
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