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On September 20, 2011 the United States Department of Justice released a formal legal opinion regarding the 1961 Federal Wire Act. This was initiated when the states of New York and Illinois inquired whether the use of out-of-state payment processors to sell lottery tickets would violate the Act (which prohibited gambling across state lines through telephone and telegram). The Department of Justice's opinion dictated that as long as the wire communications did not relate to a sports match it would not violate the 1961 law:
<blockquote>''Interstate transmissions of wire communications that do not relate to a sporting event or contest fall outside the reach of the Wire Act. Because the proposed New York and Illinois lottery proposals do not involve wagering on sporting events or contests, the Wire Act does not prohibit them.''<ref> [https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/olc/opinions/2011/09/31/state-lotteries-opinion.pdf "MEMORANDUM OPINION FOR THE ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL, CRIMINAL DIVISION"], ''The United States Department of Justice''. September 20, 2011. Retrieved on 2020-02-11</ref></blockquote>
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