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posted by janrinok on Tuesday May 15 2018, @06:09AM   Printer-friendly
from the would-you-have-bet-on-that dept.

U.S. states will be able to legalize sports gambling following a Supreme Court ruling. New Jersey will be among the first to do so:

The U.S. Supreme Court freed states to legalize gambling on individual sporting events, unleashing what will be a race to attract billions of dollars in wagers and heralding a new era for the nation's sports leagues.

The justices on Monday struck down [PDF] the federal law that had barred single-game gambling in most of the country, saying it unconstitutionally forced states to maintain their prohibitions. Nevada has been the only state with legal single-game wagering.

Sports gambling could begin in a matter of weeks in casinos and racetracks in New Jersey, which instigated the legal fight by repealing its gambling ban. Mississippi, Pennsylvania, New York, Delaware and West Virginia could follow soon, and the number of states might reach double digits by the end of the year.

Also at SCOTUSblog, Reuters, and USA Today.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 15 2018, @03:42PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 15 2018, @03:42PM (#680070)
    Anything that takes money from idiot sports fanatics and gamblers is ok by me.
  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 15 2018, @04:06PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 15 2018, @04:06PM (#680079)

    Wow, you need to really get over those feelings of inadequacy from always getting picked last for kickball. It isn't healthy to carry that around with you all your life.