The NFL outlined the league’s gambling policy and called for federal assistance to address the “illicit sports betting market” in a response letter sent to a U.S. congresswoman Friday.
Alarmed by an uptick in betting-related controversies, U.S. Rep. Dina Titus (D-Nev.) in mid-June issued letters to commissioners and presidents of 12 prominent sports leagues inquiring about their gambling policies and efforts to protect the integrity of the games in the modern landscape.
Thirty-four states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico have launched legal betting markets following a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2018.
