A new bill seeking to repeal the current ban on sports gaming was introduced into Congress on Thursday.
The bill is a likely response to the U.S. Solicitor General’s recommendation that the U.S. Supreme Court not take the sports gambling cases litigated in New Jerseys.
The Gaming Accountability and Modernization Enhancement Act or GAME Act was introduced on Thursday per an ESPN report. The GAME Act would repeal PAPSA, the much-litigated federal legislation which prohibits sports gambling.
The GAME Act defines a bet or wager as “the risking of something of value including virtual currency or virtual items, upon the outcome of a contest of others, a sporting event or a game of skill or a game of chance, on the expectation that the person will receive something of value in the event of a certain outcome.” This includes daily fantasy sports.
The Act, according to the drafter of the bill, is an opportunity to update the gambling laws.