What they share in common is not only a fun pastime, but violating a federal law. A little known statute, enacted by Congress in the early 1990s, bans states from sanctioning sports betting in any way. Congress justified this unprecedented intrusion into state matters by asserting the harms caused by legal sports betting are felt beyond states’ borders. As with all forms of prohibition, PASPA did not stop the activity it sought to ban—sports gambling. Despite the fears of some lawmakers nearly three decades ago, it is clear now that the sports gambling prohibition is not only useless but counterproductive.

Source: Fox News March 12, 2017 09:05 UTC