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U.S. Supreme Court Overturns Federal Ban on Sports Gambling.

mal3volent

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Sports Illustrated: The Supreme Court of the United States has "effectively ended" the prohibition on sports gambling.

ESPN said:
The Supreme Court struck down a federal law that prohibits sports gambling Monday in a landmark decision that gives states the go-ahead to legalize betting on sports.The court ruled to strike down the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PAPSA), a 1992 law that barred state-authorized sports gambling with some exceptions. It made Nevada the only state where a person could wager on the results of a single game.

States that want to offer legal sports betting may now do so, and New Jersey plans to be first. Delaware, Mississippi, New York, Pennsylvania and West Virginia are among the states expected to quickly get into the legal bookmaking game.


The court ruled in favor of New Jersey and against the NCAA, NFL, NBA, NHL and Major League Baseball, capping a nearly six-year legal battle and overturning a federal statute that the sports leagues had adamantly stood by for more than 20 years.


"Congress can regulate sports gambling directly, but if it elects not to do so, each State is free to act on its own," the court wrote its opinion. "Our job is to interpret the law Congress has enacted and decide whether it is consistent with the Constitution. PAPSA is not."

The leagues first sued former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie in August 2012 and won every step of the way -- until last June, when the Supreme Court decided to take the case. Oral arguments were heard on Dec. 4, and the justices ruled five months later.
The impact will be widespread. For nearly 26 years, Nevada has been the only state allowed to offer a full menu of sports betting options. A record $4.8 billion was wagered at Nevada sportsbooks in 2017.

New Jersey, with its much larger population, is expecting even bigger things. So are other states, with more than a dozen having introduced sports betting bills this year.

As the case played out over the past six years, the NBA and MLB pivoted their position on expanding legal sports betting and began lobbying on the issue in several states, including Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, New York and West Virginia.

The NFL, NHL and NCAA, on the other hand, have sat on the sideline awaiting the ruling.

The U.S. joins other jurisdictions that allow legal sports betting, including Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, France and many others.

To start, it's likely bets will have to be placed at brick-and-mortar establishments, but states are making plans to offer mobile sports betting in the future.

One research firm estimated before the ruling that if the Supreme Court were to strike down PAPSA, 32 states would likely offer sports betting within five years.

The full ruling can be read here.

Thoughts?
 
I think there is a possibility that we will see more corruption in sport's now then before.
 
A lot of people are worried about that.

NFL to lobby US Congress to enact "core regulatory framework" to protect integrity

The players' unions have major concerns but they seem to be primarily based on how they will get their share of any increased revenue.

The first state likely to see fully legalized betting is New Jersey. Chris Christie took a victory lap yesterday:

Chris Christie said:
A great day for the rights of states and their people to make their own decisions. New Jersey citizens wanted sports gambling and the federal Gov't had no right to tell them no. The Supreme Court agrees with us today. I am proud to have fought for the rights of the people of NJ.

No word on why he applied the exact opposite logic when formulating his stance on marijuana legalization:

Chris Christie said:
As a former federal prosecutor, I’ve been the most outspoken person in this race on this issue. I am completely, 100 percent opposed to drug legalization

He also called any tax revenue from marijuana sales "blood money".
 
NFL is under the same regulations as professional wrestling. Dose the US get to gamble online cards as that would be nice.
 
You can in a few states...Nevada, New Jersey, ? For the most part, no. And as I understand it, this ruling will not affect online poker...other than it will push the public consciousness further in the 'right' direction, which could lead to new legislation specific to online poker.
 
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