Legal Opinion
N.H. Lottery Comm'n v. Barr
District Court, D. New Hampshire
Decided June 3, 2019No. Consolidated Case No. 19-cv-163-PBPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Paul Barbadoro, United States District Judge *136The Wire Act of 1961 criminalizes certain gambling activities that use interstate wires. In 2011, the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel ("OLC") issued a formal opinion declaring that the Wire Act only punishes activities associated with sports gambling. Last year, the OLC changed its mind. It now asserts that the Act also covers lotteries and other forms of gambling that do not involve sports.
The New Hampshire Lottery Commission has long offered lottery games such as Powerball that necessarily use interstate wires. Fearing that these…
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