Case: 25-7516, 01/23/2026, DktEntry: 33.1, Page 101 of 110
(2) the Federal Government should prevent interference by one State with the gambling policies of another, and should act to protect identifi- able national interests; and (3) in the limited area of interstate off-track wagering on horseraces, there is a need for Federal action to ensure States will continue to coop- erate with one another in the acceptance of legal interstate wagers. * * * * *
8. 18 U.S.C. § 1084 provides, in relevant part: Transmission of wagering information; penalties
(a) Whoever being engaged in the business of betting or wagering knowingly uses a wire communication facility for the transmission in interstate or for- eign commerce of bets or wagers or information assisting in the placing of bets or wagers on any sporting event or contest, or for the transmission of a wire communication which entitles the recipient to receive money or credit as a result of bets or wagers, or for information assisting in the placing of bets or wagers, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both. (b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the transmission in interstate or foreign commerce of information for use in news reporting of sporting events or contests, or for the transmission of information assisting in the placing of bets or wagers on a sporting event or contest from a State or foreign country where betting on that sporting event or contest is legal into a State or foreign country in which such betting is legal. * * * * *
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