PASPA

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PASPA was a 1992 U.S. federal law that effectively banned state-authorized sports betting nationwide until it was struck down by the Supreme Court in 2018.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute
sports betting law
acronym PASPA self-link
allowedExceptionFor Delaware
Montana
Nevada
Oregon
appliedTo states
territories of the United States
caseCitationStrikingDown Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association (2018)
surface form: Murphy v. NCAA, 584 U.S. ___ (2018)
challengedBy New Jersey, United States
surface form: State of New Jersey
challengedInCase Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association (2018)
surface form: Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association
codifiedIn Title 28 of the United States Code
codifiedSections 28 U.S.C. §§ 3701–3704
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dateSigned 1992-10-28
decisionDateStruckDown 2018-05-14
effectiveDate 1993-01-01
effectOfInvalidation allowed states to legalize and regulate sports betting
enactedBy United States Congress
enforcementMechanism civil actions brought by professional and amateur sports organizations
civil actions brought by the U.S. Attorney General
fullName Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act
geographicScope nationwide in the United States
grandfatheredExistingSchemes certain state sports lotteries and sports betting schemes existing between 1976 and 1990
heldUnconstitutionalUnder anti-commandeering doctrine in United States constitutional law
surface form: Tenth Amendment anti-commandeering doctrine
jurisdiction federal law of the United States
legislativeIntent to protect the integrity of professional and amateur sports competitions
prohibited state-operated sports lotteries on professional and amateur sports
state-sponsored sports betting
publicLawNumber Public Law 102-559
purpose to prohibit state-authorized sports gambling schemes
to stop the spread of legalized sports betting in the United States
repealedStatus effectively invalidated by Supreme Court decision
restrictedActivity betting on competitive sporting events
signedBy George H. W. Bush
sponsoredBy Bill Bradley
surface form: Senator Bill Bradley
struckDownBy Supreme Court of the United States
subjectMatter amateur sports
professional sports
sports gambling
supportedBy Major League Baseball
National Basketball Association
National Collegiate Athletic Association
National Football League
National Hockey League
typeOfRestriction ban on state authorization of sports wagering schemes
yearEnacted 1992

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Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association (2018) challengedStatuteAbbreviation PASPA
subject surface form: Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association
PASPA acronym PASPA self-link
PASPA was struck down as unconstitutional. overturnedStatuteAbbreviation PASPA
subject surface form: PASPA was struck down as unconstitutional