Nevada approves sports betting app
Posted by admin On January – 1 – 2011 Want to legally place a bet on a sporting event within the U.S. state of Nevada? Theres an app for that. The Nevada Caming Commission has approved a smartphone application that would allow players to engage in sports betting using their mobile phones. The app
designed by the Leroy Group
lets Nevada residents place sports bets on their Blackberry phone. Only the Blackberry app has been approved so far
with the Android app pending approval. The key roadblock to approval was the need to convince the Gaming Commission that the apps technology was sufficient to verify that the person using the phone was actually physically located within the state of Nevada when placing the bet. That is important because sports betting is illegal in most U.S. states. The Interstate Wire Act of 1961 makes it illegal to use a phone or wire communication facility to place an interstate or international bet on any sporting event or contest. That makes any online sports betting illegal if it crosses state lines
because that would make it subject to the federal interstate law. With the activity confined to Nevadas borders
though
the federal Wire Act lacks jurisdiction in Nevada. John English
Senior Vice President of Business Development and Public Affairs for American Wagering
who was involved with the project
is excited that the gambling app was approved. The Nevada regulators placed significant challenges on American Wagering to provide a means of offering account wagering on a mobile device whereby we could verify that the bettor was in the state
he said. He then triumphantly added that we rose to the challenge and succeeded. Laws and regulations often build upon other laws and regulations. What starts as something small snowballs into something much larger
for better or worse. That being the case
allowing online gambling via a sports betting app may pave the way for Nevada to allow all forms of online sports betting and
eventually
all forms of online gambling. It may take some time
but government regulations rarely stay where they started. They tend to branch out and expand. Doing so in this case could help Nevada become the major online gambling hub for the United States. Tags: gambling apps
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