The **Nevada Monopoly Era (1949–2018)** defines the period where Nevada was the primary, and later the sole, jurisdiction for legal single-game sports...
The **Kefauver Committee Hearings (1950–1951)** marked the first federal investigation into the national scope of illegal sports betting and horse rac...
The **Federal Wire Act of 1961** was originally enacted to dismantle organized crime's control over telephone-based bookmaking. In the internet era, i...