PASPA<\/a> by the Supreme Court — a decision that paved the way for state sanctioned sports betting — he probably won\u2019t use his comeback to try to ban it again. For a start, Kyl has said his return will be brief and he will not seek reelection in 2020.<\/p>\nBut he might add his voice to the push to regulate sports betting federally, which is being led by Senators Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Chuck Schumer (D-New York). That\u2019s an option the leagues prefer because it will afford them the best chance of imposing their own terms and best interests on the industry.<\/p>\n
Legal Sports Report<\/em> notes that Kyl is an advisor for the law firm Covington & Burling, which has represented many of the professional sports leagues over the years.<\/p>\nThe leagues have swallowed their longstanding distaste for sports betting and are now lobbying for their own interests, but could this old anti-gambling campaigner bring himself do the same?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Arizona\u2019s Republican Governor Doug Ducey announced Tuesday he has chosen former US Senator Jon Kyl to take the late John McCain\u2019s seat in the Senate. The appointment returns to Congress one of the most tireless legislators against online gambling since the dawn of the industry at a crucial time for sports betting regulation in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":87420,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,61,13592,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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