Supreme Court considers NJ sports betting case
After information that indicated that New Jersey’s case would not be treated this year, the Supreme Court is set to review the petitions.
US.- The Supreme Court of the United States has announced that it will consider New Jersey’s two petitions regarding the sports betting case that would overrule the 25 year old PASPA and allow the state to offer the gambling modality.
As announced by the authorities, the two petitions will be considered in only one hour before the Court sometime during the 2017 session that starts again in October. The measures were presented by both the state government and the thoroughbred racehorse association. Whilst there’s still no information regarding the date that the arguments will be heard, the biggest supporters of PASPA, the big professional sports leagues and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), are set to present a series of documents with deadlines that end in October.
The case is now expected to conclude sometime in 2018, as a new wave of legal action will happen in the country. The Supreme Court had previously urged the Solicitor General Office a brief about the New Jersey cases, presented by Chris Christie, Governor of the state, and New Jersey Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association, which would be benefited as operators of a legal sports betting sector. In its brief, the Solicitor General also stated: “If New Jersey wishes to repeal its prohibition on sports gambling altogether and thereby remain silent with respect to such gambling … PASPA does not stand in its way.”
Earlier this year, the American Gaming Association (AGA) concluded a national survey and released the results that a majority of NFL (National Football League) fans support the idea of overturning the federal sports betting prohibition. The poll conducted by the Morning Consult questioned approximately 45k fans in a two week period at the end of 2016, and it was centered in PASPA, the sports protection act that was passed in 1992 and prevents states from offering gambling lines on sports.
