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<blockquote>''This Office concluded in 2011 that the prohibitions of the Wire Act in 18 U.S.C. § 1084(a) are limited to sports gambling. Having been asked to reconsider, we now conclude that the statutory prohibitions are not uniformly limited to gambling on sporting events or contests. Only the second prohibition of the first clause of section 1084(a), which criminalizes transmitting “information assisting in the placing of bets or wagers on any sporting event or contest,” is so limited. The other prohibitions apply to non-sportsrelated betting or wagering that satisfy the other elements of section 1084(a).''<ref> [https://www.justice.gov/olc/file/1121531/download "Reconsidering Whether the Wire Act Applies to Non-Sports Gambling"], ''The United States Department of Justice''. November 2, 2018. Retrieved on 2020-02-11</ref></blockquote>
The three remaining subsections of the Federal Wire Act are therefore not restricted to sports betting. On January 15, 2019 Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein stated that the Department of Justice would delay the 2018 reversal by 90 days to allow businesses to make the necessary changes to comply with the law.
=== 2019: US District Court Statement ===
In response to the Department of Justice's 2018 legal opinion the New Hampshire Lottery Commission filed a lawsuit with the US District Court of New Hampshire. The Commission requested the 2018 reversal to be vacated as it would cost the state around $90 million annually in education funding. On June 3rd, 2019 Federal Judge Paul Barbadoro ruled in favor of the New Hampshire Lottery Commission, stating that the 1961 Federal Wire Act only pertains to sports betting.<ref> https://www.wmur.com/article/nh-wins-lawsuit-against-federal-government-over-lottery-sales/27703705# "NH wins lawsuit against federeal government over lottery sales"], ''WMUR''. June 3, 2019. Retrieved on 2020-02-11</ref>
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