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Caught Red Handed, But What is Pete Rose’s Crime?
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September 10, 2025
Caught Red Handed, But What is Pete Rose’s Crime?
By: James Trusty
What exactly is the hustle that has kept Pete Rose from safely sliding into the Baseball Hall of Fame? Recently released FBI files from the late 1980’s put little flesh on the skeleton in Rose’s closet, but plenty of normative questions remain about Rose’s now posthumous candidacy. The FBI reports lay out how a local bar in Franklin, Ohio, called Jonathan’s, was reportedly a front for selling large quantities of cocaine in Franklin and Miamisburg. The owner, Ronald Peters, was also noted to be a major bookmaker, and the Franklin local police frequently saw Pete Rose entering the bar through a private entrance. A cooperating defendant advised that Rose once ran up a $90,000 tab with Peters on lost wagers….
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Silencing the Sidelines: Can Policies Protect Athletes from Harassment Without Suppressing Free Expression?
September 2, 2025
Silencing the Sidelines: Can Policies Protect Athletes from Harassment Without Suppressing Free Expression?
By: Abbey Block
With the new football season just around the corner, sports fans are donning their jerseys, checking the stats, and dialing in to watch their favorite athletes take the field. While the beginning of a new season is a time filled with excitement and anticipation, for many athletes – both professional and collegiate – it will also be the beginning of a season of harassment. Taunts,…
Horses, Casinos, and Prediction Markets – Old & New in Saratoga Springs
August 22, 2025
Horses, Casinos, and Prediction Markets – Old & New in Saratoga Springs
By: Michelle Cohen
Last week, I moderated a panel on the sizzling topic of prediction markets at the annual Racing and Gaming Conference at Saratoga. This conference brings together legislators, regulators, and industry professionals from a wide range of organizations in the gaming ecosphere – from horse trainers, to representatives of game suppliers and sports betting companies. It is a conference where the “old” (horse racing) and the…
Cross-Border Acquisition Helps Canadian Firm Gain Traction in U.S. iGaming Markets
January 10, 2024
Cross-Border Acquisition Helps Canadian Firm Gain Traction in U.S. iGaming Markets
By: Jeff Ifrah
A Canada-based payment technology company successfully expanded into the lucrative, and highly regulated, U.S. iGaming market by working with Ifrah Law to plan and execute the $370 million acquisition of a U.S.-based iGaming payments-processing expert. Since its founding 2003, Canadian fintech company Nuvei Technologies has grown into a potent business accelerator for clients around the world. The company offers flexible, scalable payment processing solutions that…
iGaming Company Takes on State Licensing Commission’s Rejection – Achieves Rare Victory
November 20, 2023
iGaming Company Takes on State Licensing Commission’s Rejection – Achieves Rare Victory
By: Jeff Ifrah
Ifrah Law’s litigation experience and broad knowledge of gaming licensing laws and procedures rescued a client from an unfair application denial, which would have frozen the company out of a major state’s market and tarnished the CEO’s reputation among licensing boards in other states. A successful iGaming company had nearly completed the rigorous registration process required to operate in one of the most populous states…
Maryland Report Supports iGaming Expansion – Should More States Start to Consider Legalization?
November 17, 2023
Maryland Report Supports iGaming Expansion – Should More States Start to Consider Legalization?
By: Sara Dalsheim
In its effort to legalize online slot machines, table games, and poker (“iGaming”), the Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency (“MLGCA”) hired the Innovation Group to create a wide-ranging report that would analyze the projected Maryland market, provide legislative and rule recommendations, and summarize both best practices and pitfalls to avoid in launching iGaming in Maryland (“Report”). The Report, released on November 15, 2023, reviewed…
DraftKings Should Prevail in NFT-Securities Litigation
October 13, 2023
DraftKings Should Prevail in NFT-Securities Litigation
By: Jake Gray
In February 2022, we wrote about the extent to which NFTs could raise novel securities laws questions, invoking the case of Friel v. Dapper Labs and utility-based NFT offerings conjoined to ownership-based privileges associated with securities. A year later, in February 2023, a judge from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York denied Dapper Labs’s motion to dismiss, holding that the…
Surging Sportsbook Signups Illustrate Need for Ubiquitous Legal Gaming Markets
September 29, 2023
Surging Sportsbook Signups Illustrate Need for Ubiquitous Legal Gaming Markets
By: Sara Dalsheim
The kickoff of the NFL 2023-2024 season has held many surprises: drastically favored teams lost to their underdog opponents; surprise rookies broke out like Bijan Robinson and Puka Nacua; sports media outlets aggressively reported on the Taylor Swift-Travis Kelce courtship; and much more. What has not been surprising, however, is the surge of signups on legal sports betting websites. Indeed, the influx of new users…
