New Jersey’s Long Stretch to Legalize Sports Betting

Today New Jersey Senator Ray Lesniak is expected to introduce a bill that presumably would circumvent the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA), a federal law prohibiting sports betting, to allow sports gambling in the state’s casinos and racetracks.

His plan was announced shortly after the Supreme Court denied to hear the state’s appeal on Monday.  New Jersey previously challenged the federal law in an effort to legalize sports betting in the state but has lost three times in federal court.

Senator Lesniak’s bill …

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