The following section includes applicable Court Rules and Forms for sports wagering. Although Gaming Law is heavily dominated by administrative law, which is focused on regulating the industry and its employees for public policy reasons, there are occasions where retail gamblers break the law or bring a cause of action against a licensed organization. More specifically, this section includes the three main gambling states' (Nevada, New Jersey, and Delaware) Rules of Practice, Rules of Appellate Procedure, Rules of Criminal Procedure, Rules of Civil Procedure, and Rules of Evidence and the respective federal counterparts. Further, it includes applicable forms, such as the disclaimers licensed organizations use for their patrons and motions attorneys may use.
As previously discussed, although gaming law is primarily administrative in nature, there are certain circumstances where a patron may be charged for criminal conduct or a patron may file a cause of action against a licensed organization (or vice versa). In such circumstances, attorneys prepare for trial using the following Rules in the State of Nevada including: Nevada Rules of Evidence and Witnesses, Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure, and Nevada Rules of Criminal Procedure.
As previously discussed, although gaming law is mainly administrative in nature, there are some circumstances where a patron will bring a cause of action against a licensed organization and vice versa. Therefore, the following section includes the basic New Jersey Court Rules that may govern over the case including: New Jersey Rules of Evidence, New Jersey Rules of Civil Procedure, New Jersey Rules of Appellate Procedure, and New Jersey Rules of Criminal Procedure.
As Previously discussed, while gaming law is mostly administrative in nature there are circumstances where a patron can be charged for criminal conduct. Likewise, there are circumstances where a patron may bring a cause of action against a licensed organization for damages and vice versa. In these circumstances the following Delaware Court Rules may apply including: Delaware Rules of Civil Procedure, Delaware Rules of Criminal Procedure, and Delaware Rules of Appellate Procedure.
As previously discussed, due to the nature of gaming law, there are limited circumstances where sports wagering cases go to court. However, more often than not, the cases go to federal court if they include money crimes or an out of state patron with the federal court presiding using diversity jurisdiction.
