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Supreme Court delivers a home run for sports bettors – and now states need to scramble

  • Written by Jennifer Roberts, Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
People line up to place bets in the sports book at the South Point hotel-casino in Las Vegas, Nev.AP Photo/John Locher

On May 14, the United States Supreme Court invalidated the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act, a federal law that prohibited states, aside from a few exemptions like Nevada, from allowing sports betting operations.

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