Minnesota legislators support sports betting bill
Sports betting industry is seen with good eyes by Minnesota, Rep. Pat Garofalo.
US.- As Minnesota State’s authorities confirmed last week their interest in developing a legal sports betting industry, the State’s Rep. Pat Garofalo revealed that the legalising bill could become a reality after the US Supreme Court decides whether to approve or prohibit the expansion of the industry at federal level.
“Seriously though, I expect a bill will become law, its timing will depend on when the US Supreme Court rules on the New Jersey court case,” commented the lawmaker during an interview this week with Legal Sports Report.
“Sports gambling is already happening in Minnesota,” he continued. “By bringing it out from the shadows and into a safe regulated market, we can insure safe, fair and legal contests for those who chose to wager.”
Minnesota Rep. Pat Garofalo would be preparing a draft to legalise sports betting industry in the state, although the federal government has not approved further amendments for the PASPA, a sports protection Act that was passed in 1992, preventing states from offering gambling lines on sports.
Nevada, Oregon, Delaware, and Montana are currently the only four states enabled to operate sports betting industry. During PASPA’s drafting, the four administrations were granted special legislative exemptions, as all four of those states were offering some variation of sports betting- lotteries back in 1992.
