U.S. Congress reacts to strike down of federal sports betting law

The publication ESPN reports that the US Congress is beginning to react to last month’s strike down of the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act by the US Supreme Court, and is planning a House Judiciary Committee hearing for June 26 to which the National Football League – main opponent of liberalised sports betting in the United States – has been invited.

And in related news, veteran federal Senator Orrin Hatch is reportedly about to fulfil his pledge to introduce a federal sports betting regulatory bill to replace PASPA, which he co-authored (see previous reports).

Hatch is reportedly drafting legislation based on the Sports Bribery Act, collaborating with the NFL on the project.

Insiders say that the NFL will use the collaboration to ensure Hatch inserts the contentious “integrity fee” it has been trying to press individual states to include in sports betting legislative drafts.

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