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a law that was later struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court as unconstitutional
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Since the Supreme Court struck down a federal ban on sports betting in 2018, the league has embroiled itself in a matrix of relationships with sports-betting operators, including its official partners DraftKings, FanDuel, and BetMGM.
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Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 26 Oct. 2025
That’s when the Supreme Court struck down the Professional Amateur Sports Protection Act, which barred sports betting in most states.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2025
Everything changed when, on May 14, 2018, the Supreme Court ruled to strike down the 1992 law, allowing each individual state to decide whether to make sports betting legal or not.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
Trump’s concerns over the advertisement appear to stem from its use of Reagan’s audio and potential to sway decisions in his tariff cases, which several lower courts previously struck down.
—Surina Venkat, The Hill, 24 Oct. 2025
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Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 26 Oct. 2025
That’s when the Supreme Court struck down the Professional Amateur Sports Protection Act, which barred sports betting in most states.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2025
Everything changed when, on May 14, 2018, the Supreme Court ruled to strike down the 1992 law, allowing each individual state to decide whether to make sports betting legal or not.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
Trump’s concerns over the advertisement appear to stem from its use of Reagan’s audio and potential to sway decisions in his tariff cases, which several lower courts previously struck down.
—Surina Venkat, The Hill, 24 Oct. 2025
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“Strike down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strike%20down. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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