Thing that appealed to me most about the story was that someone high profile was finally willing to take up the cause of sports bettors. Worldwide sportsbetting is seen as normal and actually helpful to the sports industries. In England and Australia the governments actually run a Tab system on sports but also allow other companies to provide some competition.
In North America for some reason sports betting is seen as evil and dirty. The reason seems pretty obvious - in the past because of its roots sports betting always involved the mob. Nowadays sportsbooks are multi million dollar corporations, many of which trade on the stock exchanges.
So trying to equate internet sportsbetting today with what was happening in 1961 when the Wire Act was passed is ridiculous.
Alan Derhowitz will bring a lot of notoriety to the issue. Regardless of what Dell and Don think, when Dershowitz talks, the judges and juries listen. Plus as a Harvard professor he has a lot of great minds thinking outside the box also not to mention the fact he is part of a high profile legal team.  |