Abstract
Signed into law in 1992, the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) effectively outlawed sports betting in the United States. With a few exceptions, the law prohibited most states from authorizing sports betting schemes.
Following its passage, opponents challenged the law, and it was eventually struck down as unconstitutional in 2018. The United States Supreme Court in Murphy v. NCAA determined that PASPA violated the Tenth Amendment and the anticommandeering doctrine. The Court found that the law indirectly regulated sports gambling by unconstitutionally restraining state legislation. With PASPA out of the way, and absent any new federal legislation restricting the activity, states are now free to regulate sports betting.
This Note examines the Murphy decision and proposes a legislative scheme for allowing limited sports betting within the State of Missouri.
Recommended Citation
Garrett McDowell,
The Best Bet: Why Missouri Should Take a Chance on Sports Gambling After Murphy v. NCAA,
44
S. Ill. U. L.J.
299
(2020).
Available at:
https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/siulj/vol44/iss2/5