A lawsuit from conservative groups claims Wisconsin’s new online sports betting law is unconstitutional and must be struck down.
The challenge argues a 1993 amendment bans state lawmakers from authorizing new forms of gambling, and the sports betting law only benefits members of tribal nations.
Wisconsin’s online sports betting law, passed with bipartisan support in March, changed the definition of a “bet” to exclude wagers on sporting events as long as the computer server facilitating the transaction is located on federally recognized tribal lands.
A new lawsuit from the conservative Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty, filed on behalf of the Brown County Taxpayers Association and Citizens Defending Liberty, claims that regardless of how they did it, state legislators never had the power to authorize sports betting in the first place.
