Sports Gaming Opportunity Act of 2012

Sports Gaming Opportunity Act of 2012 - Amends the federal judicial code to exempt a lottery, sweepstakes, or other betting, gambling, or wagering scheme authorized by a state by a statute enacted on or after January 1, 2012, and in effect not later than January 1, 2016, from the prohibition against a governmental entity, or a person acting pursuant to the law or compact of a governmental entity, sponsoring, operating, advertising, or promoting sports gambling.

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3797 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3797

 To amend chapter 178 of title 28 of the United States Code to permit 
 during a 4-year period States to enact statutes that exempt from the 
 operation of such chapter, lotteries, sweepstakes, and other betting, 
   gambling, or wagering schemes involving professional and amateur 
                                sports.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 23, 2012

 Mr. LoBiondo introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend chapter 178 of title 28 of the United States Code to permit 
 during a 4-year period States to enact statutes that exempt from the 
 operation of such chapter, lotteries, sweepstakes, and other betting, 
   gambling, or wagering schemes involving professional and amateur 
                                sports.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Sports Gaming Opportunity Act of 
2012''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT.

    Section 3704(a) of title 28, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (3) by striking ``or'' at the end,
            (2) in paragraph (4) by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; or'', and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) a lottery, sweepstakes, or other betting, gambling, 
        or wagering scheme in a State authorized by such State by an 
        applicable statute--
                    ``(A) enacted on or after January 1, 2012, and
                    ``(B) as in effect not later than January 1, 
                2016.''.
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