In addition to ruling in favor of the Lottery Commission, the court requested that the DOJ submit within 14 days a memorandum detailing its position on if the Wire Act should apply to states and the vendors they rely on to carry out lottery games. “We have an obligation to protect the revenues for the state, fund education for schools in New Hampshire,” Charlie McIntyre, the executive director of the New Hampshire Lottery, said after the hearing. “That is a lot of money.... Over the next biennium, you are talking $192 million.... It’s real money, so we have to protect it.”
A little-known company ('The Lottery Office' says it has been flooded with new customers over the past) is offering Aussies the chance to take part in AU$1 billion US Powerball draw despite a government crackdown.
Attorneys from the US Department of Justice [DOJ] have filed a lengthy memorandum in support of their motion to dismiss the lawsuit filed by the State of New Hampshire and its lottery entities
“We ask that DOJ withdraw its opinion altogether or assure us that DOJ will not bring any enforcement actions against companies and individuals engaged in online gaming in our states — where it is appropriate under state law," New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal and Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro wrote in a letter to Matthew G. Whitaker, acting U.S. attorney general.
"It looks like I will have to go to court again to straighten out the Justice Department's overreaching on states’ rights, just as I did with sports betting," said Lesniak. "This opinion is outrageous. If Congress won't fix it, I will through the judicial process." Lesniak will reportedly work pro bono, according to a press release. Lesniak will seek a declaratory judgement that the opinion is contrary to the clear intent of the Wire Act.
