cutchemist42
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http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ss...t_allows_sports_betting_ban_in_nj_remain.html
I know we had another thread going before but could find it. Some stuff from the article.
I know we had another thread going before but could find it. Some stuff from the article.
The U.S. Supreme Court has allowed a ban on sports betting in New Jersey to remain in place, handing Gov. Chris Christie and state lawmakers another defeat in their two-year battle to legalize it.
Christie, a Republican, and Democratic leaders of the state Legislature had appealed to the nation's highest court to revive a law that would permit wagering on professional and college sports at Atlantic City casinos and the state's racetracks.
But state Sen. Raymond Lesniak (D-Union), the lawmaker who sponsored the legislation, vowed to keep fighting. Lesniak introduced a bill today to repeal all laws prohibiting sports betting in the state, despite the Supreme Court's decision.
Lesniak said he hopes to pass the bill soon so Monmouth Racetrack can begin accepting bets by September, in time for the start of the NFL season.
"I expect that the U.S. Justice Department will refrain from intervening, as they have with Colorado and Washington when those states legalized marijuana," he said.
