I don't think that NJ will win this one, but certainly hope I'm wrong. The NFL is so full of crap. They have no problem taking their games to London where people can legally bet all they want, but God forbid people in New Jersey try to place a bet. Also, the Patriots just made some kind of deal with Draft Kings recently. That's about as close as you can get to having a team linked to a site that permits money being put down on games/players without it actually being called betting. I'm all for daily fantasy as I play a few times a week, but cut out the holier than thou hypocrisy!
Some of you guys ares such pusses. That post was just a gentle dig at Russie Boy!
Would matter IF THEY COULD GET THIS PASSED. Nobody has the balls to pass this. People act like if they did they would turn up buried in the desert, like people used to. If the state moves forward.... just a matter of days until their water gets shut off. This is not going anywhere anytime soon.
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Claims that New Jersey’s plan to allow legal sports gambling violates federal law are meritless, the state wrote in a court filing in response to efforts by four major U.S. pro sports leagues and the NCAA to stop gambling from beginning this weekend.
The state filed the response late Wednesday to the leagues’ request to a federal judge earlier this week for an injunction to prevent Monmouth Park racetrack from accepting sports wagers this Sunday. The track is the only venue in the state that has said it will take bets under a law signed by Gov. Chris Christie last Friday that allows sports betting at racetracks and casinos.
The NFL, the NBA, the NHL, Major League Baseball and the NCAA filed a reply later Thursday, and U.S. District Judge Michael Shipp will decide whether oral argument is necessary. It isn’t known when he will make a final decision.
In its filing, the state reiterated its contention that the language in a federal appeals court ruling last year opened the door for New Jersey to roll back its prohibitions on sports gambling and legally allow it as long as it isn’t regulated by the state.
The leagues contend that it will, in fact, be state-regulated because racetracks and casinos are heavily regulated by the state and that this constitutes state-authorized sports betting — which is prohibited by a 1992 federal law. They also claim they will suffer “irreparable harm” if sports gambling is allowed in New Jersey.
New Jersey charged the leagues with seeking to have the federal government interfere in state affairs.
“Plaintiffs’ claims that their multi-billion-dollar businesses will suffer irreparable damage from even short-term wagering at Monmouth Park — when similar wagering has taken place throughout the State of Nevada for more than fifty years, and to a much greater extent — are unsubstantiated and cannot be credited,” the brief states.
Only Nevada currently offers single-game sports betting. Delaware and two other states are allowed to offer multi-game sports parlay pools.
In its filing Thursday afternoon, the leagues and NCAA called New Jersey’s reasoning “indefensible folly” and claimed that allowing sports betting would violate New Jersey’s own constitution and that federal courts have jurisdiction to intervene. They also cited a 2009 federal appeals court’s decision that rejected a similar sports betting attempt by the state of Delaware.
Christie signed a sports wagering bill in early 2012 and the leagues sued later that year. The state’s constitutional challenge to the 1992 federal law failed, but in September Christie ordered authorities not to prosecute racetracks and casinos for accepting sports bets, and signed amended legislation reflecting that last week.
The state filed the response late Wednesday to the leagues’ request to a federal judge earlier this week for an injunction to prevent Monmouth Park racetrack from accepting sports wagers this Sunday. The track is the only venue in the state that has said it will take bets under a law signed by Gov. Chris Christie last Friday that allows sports betting at racetracks and casinos.
The NFL, the NBA, the NHL, Major League Baseball and the NCAA filed a reply later Thursday, and U.S. District Judge Michael Shipp will decide whether oral argument is necessary. It isn’t known when he will make a final decision.
In its filing, the state reiterated its contention that the language in a federal appeals court ruling last year opened the door for New Jersey to roll back its prohibitions on sports gambling and legally allow it as long as it isn’t regulated by the state.
The leagues contend that it will, in fact, be state-regulated because racetracks and casinos are heavily regulated by the state and that this constitutes state-authorized sports betting — which is prohibited by a 1992 federal law. They also claim they will suffer “irreparable harm” if sports gambling is allowed in New Jersey.
New Jersey charged the leagues with seeking to have the federal government interfere in state affairs.
“Plaintiffs’ claims that their multi-billion-dollar businesses will suffer irreparable damage from even short-term wagering at Monmouth Park — when similar wagering has taken place throughout the State of Nevada for more than fifty years, and to a much greater extent — are unsubstantiated and cannot be credited,” the brief states.
Only Nevada currently offers single-game sports betting. Delaware and two other states are allowed to offer multi-game sports parlay pools.
In its filing Thursday afternoon, the leagues and NCAA called New Jersey’s reasoning “indefensible folly” and claimed that allowing sports betting would violate New Jersey’s own constitution and that federal courts have jurisdiction to intervene. They also cited a 2009 federal appeals court’s decision that rejected a similar sports betting attempt by the state of Delaware.
Christie signed a sports wagering bill in early 2012 and the leagues sued later that year. The state’s constitutional challenge to the 1992 federal law failed, but in September Christie ordered authorities not to prosecute racetracks and casinos for accepting sports bets, and signed amended legislation reflecting that last week.
decision at 4:30 pm
UPDATE: TEXT ORDER – There shall be no oral argument on Plaintiff’s Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order. The Court will place its decision on Plaintiff’s motion on the record at 4:30 PM today, in Courtroom 7W. ORDERED by Judge Michael A. Shipp on 10/24/14. (NR) (Entered: 10/24/2014)
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UPDATE: TEXT ORDER – There shall be no oral argument on Plaintiff’s Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order. The Court will place its decision on Plaintiff’s motion on the record at 4:30 PM today, in Courtroom 7W. ORDERED by Judge Michael A. Shipp on 10/24/14. (NR) (Entered: 10/24/2014)
- See more at: http://blog.northjersey.com/meadowl...s-than-48-hours-but-may-not-get-it/#more-9927
@BergenBrennan <small class="time" style="font-size: 13px; color: rgb(136, 153, 166); right: 15px;"> 7m7 minutes ago</small>
Only 8 folks here in Trenton courtroom awaiting 4:30 Monmouth Park sports betting ruling#soquiet
Only 8 folks here in Trenton courtroom awaiting 4:30 Monmouth Park sports betting ruling#soquiet
@BergenBrennan <small class="time" style="font-size: 13px; color: rgb(136, 153, 166);"> 10s11 seconds ago</small>
BREAKING: NJ fed court Judge Shipp grants temporary restraining order to delay Monmouth Park NFL betting from occurring Sunday
BREAKING: NJ fed court Judge Shipp grants temporary restraining order to delay Monmouth Park NFL betting from occurring Sunday
