{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://pallone.house.gov/press-release/pallone-introduces-game-act-day-supreme-court-hears-arguments-new-jersey%E2%80%99s-sports", "Pallone Introduces GAME Act on Day Supreme Court Hears Arguments in New Jerseys Sports Betting Case", "2017-12-07", "2017", "2017-12", "Democrat", "House", "NJ", "Frank Pallone", "P000034", "pallone.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) will introduce a comprehensive gaming bill, the Gaming Accountability and Modernization Enhancement Act, or GAME Act, which allows states to legalize sports betting and online gambling if appropriate consumer protections are also in place.\u00a0 The GAME Act would provide states with the legal framework to adopt sports betting at their discretion.\nEarlier today the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Christie v. NCAA, in which the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA), a 25 year old federal law prohibiting states from legalizing sports betting, is at stake.\u00a0\n\u201cToday\u2019s argument before the Supreme Court showed there is a serious question as to whether PASPA violates the Constitution and whether New Jersey even violated PASPA in the first place.\u00a0 It is clear to me that PASPA is unconstitutional.\u00a0 I am hopeful that the Supreme Court will decide in New Jersey\u2019s favor, and the GAME Act provides the necessary legal framework for states to move forward,\u201d Pallone said.\u00a0\n\u201cThe truth is that Americans are already betting up to $400 billion a year on sporting events, but it\u2019s mostly taking place illegally and without consumer protections.\u00a0 It is time to update our laws and bring sports betting out of the shadows.\u00a0 The GAME Act will modernize sports betting regulations and ensure fairness for all states while maintaining transparency and consumer protections.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\nThe GAME Act is intended to remove the federal obstacles to legalized gambling at the state level.\u00a0 It does not create a federal framework for gambling and instead allows states that choose to legalize and regulate sports betting and/or online gambling to do so.\nThe bill removes federal barriers in states that have implemented basic consumer protections, including mechanisms for age and location verification; safeguards to protect privacy and data security of players; and recourse mechanisms for consumers.\nIn May 2016, the Energy and Commerce Committee held a hearing at Pallone\u2019s request to examine the relationship between fantasy sports and gambling. Since then, Pallone has conducted an extensive review of the federal gaming laws and the effects on the legal and illegal gambling markets.\u00a0 Pallone\u2019s review found that the current system is not working as intended, as illegal gambling and other forms of gambling that skirt federal and state laws are prevalent.\nA section-by-section summary of the bill and the text of the bill are attached.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://pallone.house.gov/press-release/pallone-introduces-game-act-day-supreme-court-hears-arguments-new-jersey%E2%80%99s-sports"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.0369826816022396, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}