Voters to decide this fall on wagering on NJ college sporting events
Friday 25 de June 2021 / 07:07
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(New Jersey).- The New Jersey Assembly on Thursday voted, 70-4, to approve a resolution on permitting wagering on Rutgers football, Seton Hall basketball, and other New Jersey college sports.
The state Senate already had approved the same resolution on June 3, by a 36-1 vote, so the next step — after state officials finalize technical language — is for voters statewide to indicate whether they agree with lawmakers that such gambling should be added to the sports betting menu.
New Jersey bettors have been able to bet on all major out-of-state college contests since June 2018, a month after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) of 1992. That decision validated New Jersey’s six-year legal fight to end Nevada’s near-monopoly on such gambling.
A decade ago, New Jersey voters backed a referendum to permit sports betting at Atlantic City casinos and at state racetracks — in direct defiance of PASPA. The NFL and four other sports organizations sued the state in 2012 and won a series of court rulings before the nation’s top court agreed to review the matter in 2017.
With nearly two-thirds of voters supporting the previous referendum even as it seemed to violate federal law, the expectation is that this referendum could pass even more easily. Naysayers who predicted an increase in “fixing games” due to the legalization of sports betting instead have seen no such activity.
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