Government Is Proactively Addressing ‘the Harms’ of Sports Betting

By Kelly J. Brummett (Editor’s note: The following article appeared in Legal Issues in Sports Betting, a periodical of Hackney Publication, which is available on a complimentary basis.) $370 billion. That is how much has been wagered on sports in the five years since the United States Supreme Court overturned a federal law that prohibited 49 states and the District of Columbia from legalizing sports betting (Ramsey, 2024). LendingTree estimates the 38 states and District of Columbia that