Michigan to fight for sports betting
The Northern territory will join several states in order to overturn a federal act.
US.- Robert Kosowski, a member of the Michigan House Of Representatives, reintroduced a bill that was first presented in 2015. He believes that the gambling activity could bring the extra revenue that Michigan needs.
“I understand the federal law prohibits sports gambling but I am the kind of guy that’s willing to take on the government,” he said in an interview with Legal Sports Report. The Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992 (PASPA) settles that states can’t sponsor sports betting. PASPA passed in 1992 and prevented states from offering gambling lines on sports. Nevada, Oregon, Delaware, and Montana were granted special exemptions, as all four of those states were offering some variation of sports lotteries back in 1992. Other states, such as New Jersey and New York introduced bills so the Supreme Court can declare null the protection act.
“I just don’t want to keep going after our residents all the time when there are viable solutions out there. This is a billion-dollar industry, just Michigan alone, by some of the small studies we have seen.” The official believes that by legalising sports betting in Michigan, they would help stop illegal bookmakers: “All we’re doing right now is keeping illegal bookmaking happening in our state when we could regulate it.”
“Why is it legal to do in Vegas, why could Oregon have parlay cards? What made them so special?. It should be equal everywhere. Are we going to do it next month? No but maybe next year,” he concluded.
