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New Jersey celebrates 2nd anniversary of historic sports betting ruling by Supreme Court

Monday 18 de May 2020 / 23:35

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(New Jersey).- Several U.S. legal gambling expansion advocates gathered on a conference call Thursday to celebrate the second anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision to invalidate a 1992 federal law that had banned a wide swath of sports betting in every state outside of Nevada.

New Jersey celebrates 2nd anniversary of historic sports betting ruling by Supreme Court

One even paid particular tribute to the voters of New Jersey, whose overwhelming backing of a 2011 statewide referendum to allow the state’s racetracks and Atlantic City casinos to offer sports betting paved the way for the eventual court victory.

“I’m from Philly, but I’ll give it to you that New Jersey is a tough state,” said Joe Brennan Jr. (no relation to this author), a longtime gaming industry executive. “The legislators weren’t going to back down, and the state’s economy needed it. So they fought long and hard.

“Would a Pennsylvania or a Florida or somebody else like that have fought as long as it took to get it done? I don’t know, but my guess is, probably not.”

Attorneys for New Jersey and its horsemen initially lost at the U.S. District Court level, by a 2-1 margin at the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, and by a refusal by the Supreme Court to take the case.

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