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Three gambling-opposition groups have filed an amicus brief asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider part of its 2018 sports betting decision in Murphy v. NCAA, according to an Oct. 22 report by The Baptist Paper.
The filing concerns a dispute over whether prediction market operator Kalshi may offer sports event contracts without being subject to state sports gambling laws. It represents a request from the groups, not a new ruling on sports betting or prediction markets.
Brief seeks reconsideration of PASPA provision
Texans Against Gambling, Stop Predatory Gambling, and the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons submitted the brief in the case identified by the report as Flaherty v. Kalshi.
The groups ask the Court to revisit its treatment of Section 3702(2) of the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act, or PASPA. That provision made it unlawful for private parties to operate, advertise, or promote sports wagering pursuant to a governmental entity’s law or compact.
The Supreme Court’s 2018 decision struck down the federal sports betting ban. The brief argues that restoring Section 3702(2) could again prevent states from allowing commercial sports betting. That is the filing’s proposed outcome, not an established change in law.
Texas opponents challenge sports prediction markets
Russell F. Coleman, chair of Texans Against Gambling, said the group joined the brief because it believes Kalshi and other prediction market operators are attempting to circumvent Texas’ constitutional gambling prohibitions.
Rob Kohler, a consultant and lobbyist for Texas Baptists’ Christian Life Commission, likewise characterized sports prediction markets as an attempt to legalize sports betting in Texas without a public vote. His expectation that the Supreme Court will take up the dispute is an advocacy position, not confirmation of Court action.
The supplied report does not establish whether the Supreme Court will hear the case or reconsider PASPA. It identifies no West Virginia regulatory action or change affecting the state’s bettors or operators.
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Source: As reported by The Baptist Paper.
