{"id":23277,"date":"2019-03-09T19:10:05","date_gmt":"2019-03-09T20:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/?p=23277"},"modified":"2019-03-11T12:26:32","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T12:26:32","slug":"pennsylvania-files-to-join-nh-lottery-wire-act-court-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/pennsylvania-files-to-join-nh-lottery-wire-act-court-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania Files To Join NH Lottery Wire Act Court Case"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania<\/strong> continues to fight back<\/strong><\/a> against the Department of Justice\u2019s<\/strong> new Wire Act<\/strong> opinion<\/a>. Its latest move is to join a lawsuit challenging the validity of the new Wire Act take, which now threatens every form of online gambling in the country.<\/p>\n

PA started with a letter to the Trump administration<\/span><\/h2>\n

First, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro<\/strong> co-authored a letter to the Trump administration along with the New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal<\/strong>. In the letter, the two bluntly state<\/a> that \u201cthe latest reversal is wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since that mid-February letter, the challengers of the new opinion keep cropping up.<\/p>\n

NH Lottery initiated lawsuit<\/span><\/h2>\n

New Hampshire\u00a0Lottery<\/strong> filed a lawsuit<\/a> on Feb. 15 seeking an emergency injunction<\/strong> to enforcement of the new opinion. The NH Lottery supplier Pollard Banknote<\/strong> filed a separate suit on the same day.<\/p>\n

Since then, the court consolidated<\/strong> the suits into a single action. Additional plaintiffs and those seeking to file an amicus brief<\/strong> had until midnight on Friday to submit.<\/p>\n

PA seeking co-plaintiff status<\/span><\/h2>\n

Late on Friday, the Commonwealth, acting through the Department of Revenue<\/strong> and Pennsylvania Lottery<\/strong> filed a request to join the suit, per Online Poker Report<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Like New Hampshire, Pennsylvania Lottery<\/strong> offers online lottery games in addition to standard lottery fair. Nonetheless, in the brief, the Commonwealth noted that even the big draw games like Powerball<\/strong><\/a> are now at risk:<\/p>\n

\u201cGiven the use of wire transmissions for Pennsylvania Lottery games as described above, the broadest interpretation of the 2018 Opinion could result in the suspension of all state lottery sales, resulting in an immediate annual loss of over $1 billion in Lottery proceeds that benefit older Pennsylvanians.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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