Press Coverage September 21, 2026

“DraftKings Has to Come Down Like a Piñata, and We’ll Be Waiting With Baseball Bats,” IGA’s Victor Rocha on the End for Sports Event Contracts

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Stephen C. Piepgrass

Stephen C. Piepgrass, a partner in Troutman Pepper Locke’s Regulatory Investigations, Strategy + Enforcement Practice Group, was quoted in the September 21, 2026, Gaming America article, ““DraftKings Has to Come Down Like a Pinata, and We’ll Be Waiting With Baseball Bats,” IGA’s Victor Rocha on the End for Sports Event Contracts.”

  • “In recent years, the Supreme Court has shown a willingness to reverse decisions from the Ninth Circuit,” said lawyer Stephen Piepgrass. “If you are a platform operator looking at the odds, you would prefer to be appealing an adverse decision out of the Ninth Circuit to this Supreme Court, more than just about any other.

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