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Originally Posted by arcdog
This is a pretty bad take. The Wire Act isn’t going to affect nonprofit groups that distribute proceeds of lotteries to state governments. For more reasons than I have the inclination to explain you are seeing this completely wrong.
Hi arcdog,
A number of states are lining up to challenge the new DOJ-OLC Wire Act interpretation specifically
because they perceive it as a threat to their lottery/iLottery interests.
The most high profile statewide effort at the moment is New Hampshire, which has lodged a formal civil compliant along with motions for a speedy hearing and summary judgement, challenging what it deems as a "binding opinion" advanced as a result of the Wire Act re-interpretation.
More resources/information can be found at the link below.
https://www.governor.nh.gov/news-med...5-wire-act.htm
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Former New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement official George Rover and Ifrah Law managing partner Jeff Ifrah also discussed how the new Wire Act opinion might impact state-sponsored lotteries in a recent webinar published by the North American Gaming Regulators Association (NAGRA). It was moderated by current NJDGE Technical Services Bureau Chief Robert Moncrief, Jr.
Here are the 'statewide lotteries' topic timestamps for the audio file, which can be found
here:
(20:23-20:55) Jeff Ifrah says the (now-reversed) 2011 opinion had provided "comfort" to statewide U.S. iLotteries
(30:30-32:42) Jeff Ifrah on how Powerball, Mega Millions and online lotteries
might be affected by restrictions placed on "interstate" (across state lines) transactions related to wagering as a result of the new interpretation
(40:53-44:04) George Rover provides an in-depth overview of the New Hampshire suit. The new DOJ opinion could cost the state as much as $90 million in revenue, according to the complaint. Communication that state-sponsored lotteries are already regulated under
Title 18: U.S. Code CHAPTER 61
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Here's a local Mississippi story I found that's from March 25th. It states that "25 Attorneys General" are seeking clarification on how the DOJ interpretation "may negatively impact state-run and multi-state lotteries."
https://yallpolitics.com/2019/03/25/...ate-lotteries/
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I can definitely see where you're coming from in assuming that state lotteries aren't going to be impacted (and that very well
could turn out to be the case -- there's a
lot of uncertainty leading up to the June 14th, 2019 compliance grace period end-date).
But U.S. state-sponsored lotteries
are being perceived as a potential target of DOJ enforcement/prosecution by many who deal directly with these issues on an operational/governmental/legal front.
Last edited by dhubermex; 03-31-2019 at 03:00 PM.