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23 Atl. L.J. 126 (2021)
Nevada and Sports Law

handle is hein.journals/atlanic23 and id is 136 raw text is: ATLANTIC LAW JOURNAL, VOLUME 23 NEVADA AND SPORTS LAW ADAM EPSTEIN* I. INTRODUCTION The purpose of this article is to demonstrate that the state of Nevada has much to offer for sports law enthusiasts. Found in the Ninth Circuit, with a relatively small yet rapidly growing population,57 Nevada has often been the center of discussion and research in sports law circles particularly in relation to its decades-long federal exemption that enabled the state to offer legalized sports wagering.58 While *Professsor, Department of Finance and Law, Central Michigan University. Originally presented to the Sport and Recreation Law Association (SRLA) in Louisville, Kentucky, on March 5, 2020. Thank you to all attendees and those others who provided insights. 5 See Michael Scott Davidson, Nevada Population Surpasses 3M, LAS VEGAS REv.-J. (Dec. 19, 2018), https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-nevada/nevada- population-surpasses-3m- 1554861/ 58 PROF'L AND AMATEUR SPORTS PROT. ACT OF 1992, 28 U.S.C. §§ 3701-3704 (2018) (hereinafter PASPA); see also, e.g., Christopher Bret Alexander, Comment: A Slam Dunk for States' Rights: The Impact on Constitutional Federalism and Federal Regulations Following the Supreme Court in Murphy v. NCAA, 27 JEFFREY S. MOORAD SPORTS L. J. 25, 34 (2020) (offering that New Jersey was given the opportunity to legalize sports gambling under PASPA and it declined, and 126