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- The 18th-century statute allows gamblers to sue to recover losses over $25
- DC Mayor added a provision to the budget to exempt sports betting from old law
- DC Attorney General promised to clarify the exemption for sports betting soon
- The Council of the District of Columbia in Washington, D.C., is likely to make a provision to a British gambling law enacted during the reign of monarch Queen Anne that exempts sports betting from a $300m lawsuit.
The 18th-century Statute of Anne, which allows gamblers to sue to recover losses over $25, crossed the pond to the District of Columbia, where it has remained part of its city laws for decades.
major risk it posed to DC sports betting operators
The law was “seemingly unknown to generations of elected officials,” states The Washington Post, until a recent federal lawsuit filed this spring by a “mysterious Delaware-based LLC” drew attention for the major risk it posed to DC sports betting operators.
The mystery plaintiff is suing the sportsbook arms of BetMGM, Caesars, DraftKings, Fanatics, and FanDuel for $300m under the District’s version of the Statute of Anne.
The DC Council, however, is likely to vote next week to exempt sports betting from the 300-year-old law.
Plaintiffs cry foul
According to Legal Sports Betting, DC officials “moved quietly” to ensure DC Gambling Recovery LLC doesn’t reap hundreds of millions in its pursuit of the old British law.
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