More than 300 years ago, wanting to protect gamblers from losing everything, the British Parliament passed the Statute of Anne, named for the then-reigning British monarch, Queen Anne.
The enactment, which allowed gamblers to sue to recover their losses over a certain amount, eventually found its way to the District of Columbia, where it has remained on the city’s law books for decades, seemingly unknown to generations of elected officials. Until now, that is.
The 18th-century statute is now threatening the major sports betting companies that operate in D.C., emerging recently in a federal lawsuit filed this spring against the companies by a mysterious Delaware-based LLC.
https://cdcgaming.com/brief/a-mysterious-llc-is-using-a-300-year-old-law-to-target-d-c-sports-betting/