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5 Ariz. St. U. Sports & Ent. L.J. 6 (2015-2016)

handle is hein.journals/selj5 and id is 1 raw text is: SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT LAW JOURNAL ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY VOLUME 5 FALL 2015 ISSUE 1 REFORM OF SPORTS GAMBLING IN THE UNITED STATES: LESSONS FROM DOWN UNDER Stephen F. Ross, James Gorman III & Ryan Mentzer* TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION................................................................................. 7 I. THE PROBLEM WITH ILLEGAL SPORTS GAMBLING IN THE UNITED STATES ............................................................................................. 10 A. THE SCOPE OF ILLEGAL GAMBLING ......... ............. 10 B. THE NEED FOR POLICY CHANGES ........................ 12 C. FISCAL BENEFITS OF LEGALIZED GAMBLING ............... 14 II. SUMMARY OF U.S. LAW AND THE NEED FOR FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE REFORM..................................................................... 16 A. THE FEDERAL WIRE FRAUD ACT .............. .......... 16 B. THE PROFESSIONAL AND AMATEUR SPORTS PROTECTION ACT (PASPA) ........................................... 17 C. THE FANTASY SPORTS EXCEPTION ........................ 18 D. UNSUCCESSFUL EFFORTS TO IMPLEMENT LEGAL SPORTS GAMBLING UNDER CURRENT FEDERAL LAW........ ......... 19 III. How AUSTRALIAN LAW REGULATES SPORTS GAMBLING IN A MANNER THAT ADDRESSES AMERICAN CONCERNS......................21 A. OVERVIEW OF AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL AND VICTORIAN STATUTORY REGULATION ...........................21 B. HOW THE VICTORIAN MODEL RESPONDS To AMERICAN CONCERNS REGARDING SPORTING INTEGRITY ... ............. 26 1. The Donaghy Scandal........................27 2. The Pete Rose Scandal ......................29 3. The Black Sox Scandal ......................30 4. The College Basketball Point Shaving Scandal of the 1950s.32 IV. NECESSARY MODIFICATIONS OF AMERICAN LAW TO SUCCESSFULLY IMPORT THE VICTORIAN REGIME OF REGULATED SPORTS BETTING ............................................................................. 34 A. NEEDED CHANGES IN CURRENT FEDERAL LEGISLATION............34 * Stephen F. Ross is the Director of the Sports Law Institute and Professor of Law at The Pennsylvania State University; Gorman and Mentzer are currently Research Fellows at the Sports Law Institute and J.D. candidates at The Pennsylvania State University, 2016.

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