Today, the United States Supreme Court struck down the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992–a Federal Ban on sports betting. The 1992 law effectively outlawed gambling on sports except for some instances of betting in Oregon, Delaware, Montana, and Nevada. The Supreme Court decision today to overturn the PASCA will now allow states that wish to open and regulate sports betting to do so.

In 2013, the Untied States said that they are recognizing esports players as professional athletes and afforded foreign athletes the ability to acquire P-1 visas which allows aliens to enter the count the country to compete in a specific athletic competition as an “athlete, individually or as part of a group or team, at an internationally recognized level of performance.”

The decision handed down by the Supreme Court will most likely fuel a slew of esports gambling start-ups that will attempt to get in on the $8 billion dollar gambling bonanza.

Sites such as Unikrn, Fan Duel and Draft Kings have undoubtedly become much more viable and valuable after this decision.

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