Californians Bring Lawsuit Against DraftKings – an Analysis

By Robert J. Romano, JD, LLM, St. John’s University, Senior Writer In 1992, Congress went all-in (well, almost) and enacted the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act ("PASPA") as an attempt to hedge the expansion of sports betting beyond the state of Nevada and the three other states that were “grandfathered” in (Oregon, Delaware and Montana). The key component of PASPA was 28 U.S.C. § 3702(1), which made it “unlawful” for a state or any of its subdivisions to “spon