EXECUTIVE, STATUTORY & MARKET INVESTIGATIONS
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Presidential Eras
Executive orders, DOJ OLC opinions, and White House policy from JFK to modern administrations
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Federal Statutes
Judicial analyses of Title 18 Wire Act, Title 25 IGRA, Title 28 PASPA, and Title 31 UIGEA
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Prediction Markets
Event contracts under CFTC regulation, Kalshi litigation, and 2026 commodities jurisprudence
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Nine Decades of Policy Documentation
Comprehensive analysis of federal statutes, presidential libraries, congressional records, and Supreme Court dockets examining commercial gaming, tribal sovereignty, and digital wagering.
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LANDMARK STATUTORY MILESTONES
Core Statutory Frameworks
Examine statutory language, legislative history, and judicial review. Explore All Federal Laws.
CONSTITUTIONAL & HISTORICAL INSIGHTS
Perspectives on American Gaming Policy
The legislative powers granted to Congress are sizable, but they are not unlimited. The anti-commandeering doctrine simply represents the recognition of this fundamental limit
Justice Samuel Alito
Majority Opinion, Murphy v. NCAA (2018)
Organized crime feeds upon the illegal transmission of wagering information. Without the wires and the telephones, their multi-million dollar syndicates collapse
Robert F. Kennedy
Attorney General Congressional Testimony (1961)
Indian gaming has provided sovereign tribal nations with the means for self-determination, infrastructure development, and economic independence
National Indian Gaming Commission
Congressional Oversight Review (1988)Recent Investigations & Briefings
Featured Legal Analyses
John F. Kennedy & the Wire Act
Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy's national campaign to sever telecommunication lines utilized by interstate racketeering syndicates...
The Supreme Court Repeal of PASPA
How the landmark ruling in Murphy v. NCAA dismantled federal sports prohibition and restored state constitutional authority under Tenth Amendment...
Kalshi, Polymarket & Federal Courts
The landmark litigation establishing that political and economic binary event contracts qualify as commodities under the Commodity Exchange Act...
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