host: keith whyte is joining us for this discussion.nt to ask him questions about online gambling, sports gambling, and the like, call 202-748-8000 for eastern time zones. perhaps you have and explain she would like to share with the guest. 202-748-8002 is how you can do it. noise text us at 202-748-8003. it recently expanded across the united states. this goes back to the decision by the spring -- supreme court. guest: congress passed a law that prohibited states from legalizing sports betting. no other state had legalized sports betting except nevada by 1992. the act carved that out. that law stood until 2018 when it was challenged by the state of new jersey. the supreme court struck it down as improperly commandeering state power. it prohibited it could already let roscoe do it. it failed a number of tests according to the supreme court. after 2018, sports -- states were free to legalize sports betting and rapidly jumped into the water. in five years, many have legalized sports betting. it has been the largest and fastest expansion o