SBOANJ celebrates sports betting
The Standardbred Owners and Breeders Association of New Jersey celebrated sports betting’s arrival in the state after PASPA got revoked.
US.- Sports betting operations began in the Meadowlands Racetrack in New Jersey last July 14th as Senator Ray Lesniak placed the first wager shortly after 10 am. In addition to the industry’s excitement to begin operating in the state – and the rest of the US where the segment was banned – the Standardbred Owners and Breeders Association of New Jersey (SBOANJ) released a statement celebrating sports betting’s legalisation.
“It was exciting to see the Fan Duel-Meadowlands opening, coinciding with a night of spectacular racing, and hopefully this is just the start of a new era at the Meadowlands,” SBOANJ president Mark Ford told the Daily Racing Form. Furthermore, he explained that the organisation has been conducting meetings with the racetrack’s CEO, Jeff Gural.
“We have had ongoing dialogue with Jeff (Gural) and the Meadowlands. In one of our more recent meetings, it was clearly understood, and stated by Jeff, that the horsemen would participate in sports betting revenues with details yet to be worked out,” Mr Ford explained.
Sports betting has already been approved by Mississippi, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and New York, but the segment hasn’t begun operating yet. New Jersey was the first state to kick off sports betting services and joined Nevada and Delaware as the only regions in the US where you can place a wager on sports.
