Just in. PASPA has been overturned! I will try & get the links & decisions linked.
We have Murphy v. NCAA, from Alito. The decision of the Third Circuit is reversed.
Court says that legalization "of sports gambling is a controversial subject" that "requires an important policy choice, but the choice is not ours to make."
"Congress can regulate sports gambling directly, but if it elects not to do so, each State is free to act on its own. Our job is to interpret the law Congress has enacted and decide whether it is consistent with the Constitution. PASPA is not."
Court says that legalization "of sports gambling is a controversial subject" that "requires an important policy choice, but the choice is not ours to make."
"Congress can regulate sports gambling directly, but if it elects not to do so, each State is free to act on its own. Our job is to interpret the law Congress has enacted and decide whether it is consistent with the Constitution. PASPA is not."
Legal Sports Betting Is Coming To US, As New Jersey Wins Supreme Court Case
Dustin Gouker, May 14, 2018
It’s game on for sports betting in New Jersey, and perhaps the rest of the country as well.
The state of New Jersey won its US Supreme Court case, as a majority of justices declared that the federal ban on sports wagering is unconstitutional.
More on the backstory of NJ sports betting here. Previously, single-game wagering was legal in the US only via the Nevada sports betting industry.
Here is the conclusion of the majority opinion:
The legalization of sports gambling requires an important policy choice, but the choice is not ours to make. Congress can regulate sports gambling directly, but if it elects not to do so, each State is free to act on its own. Our job is to interpret the law Congress has enacted and decide whether it is consistent with the Constitution. PASPA is not. PASPA “regulate state governments’ regulation” of their citizens. …. The Constitution gives Congress no such power. The judgment of the Third Circuit is reversed.
SCOTUS impacts on sports betting
The real-world applications of the verdict:
New Jersey can now move forward with its plans to legalize wagering. Some gaming facilities in the state have indicated it could be just a matter of weeks until sportsbooks are operations.
West Virginia sports betting and Mississippi sports betting are also prepared to move forward with laws on the books.
So can Pennsylvania, which legalized sports wagering in 2017. A PA sports betting rollout there is up in the air, but could come later this year.
Sports betting legislation advancing in a number of states can take effect immediately upon passage.
A quick timeline of the case
New Jersey enacted a law in 2014 in which it partially repealed its own sports betting ban. That law was an attempt to allow the state’s casinos and horse betting tracks to offer sports wagering by working around a federal law, the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act. That law bans single-game wagering outside of Nevada sports betting.
The NCAA and the major US pro sports leagues — NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL — along with the NCAA filed suit to stop the law from taking effect. The leagues have standing under PASPA to bring suits that authorize sports betting.
Over the next three years, New Jersey lost in both federal district court and the US Third Circuit Court of Appeals. New Jersey then appealed the case to the US Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court agreed to hear New Jersey’s appeal in the summer of 2017.
Oral arguments took place in December; many believed the hour of conversation between justices and counsel went well for New Jersey.
Dustin Gouker, May 14, 2018
It’s game on for sports betting in New Jersey, and perhaps the rest of the country as well.
The state of New Jersey won its US Supreme Court case, as a majority of justices declared that the federal ban on sports wagering is unconstitutional.
More on the backstory of NJ sports betting here. Previously, single-game wagering was legal in the US only via the Nevada sports betting industry.
Here is the conclusion of the majority opinion:
The legalization of sports gambling requires an important policy choice, but the choice is not ours to make. Congress can regulate sports gambling directly, but if it elects not to do so, each State is free to act on its own. Our job is to interpret the law Congress has enacted and decide whether it is consistent with the Constitution. PASPA is not. PASPA “regulate
SCOTUS impacts on sports betting
The real-world applications of the verdict:
New Jersey can now move forward with its plans to legalize wagering. Some gaming facilities in the state have indicated it could be just a matter of weeks until sportsbooks are operations.
West Virginia sports betting and Mississippi sports betting are also prepared to move forward with laws on the books.
So can Pennsylvania, which legalized sports wagering in 2017. A PA sports betting rollout there is up in the air, but could come later this year.
Sports betting legislation advancing in a number of states can take effect immediately upon passage.
A quick timeline of the case
New Jersey enacted a law in 2014 in which it partially repealed its own sports betting ban. That law was an attempt to allow the state’s casinos and horse betting tracks to offer sports wagering by working around a federal law, the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act. That law bans single-game wagering outside of Nevada sports betting.
The NCAA and the major US pro sports leagues — NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL — along with the NCAA filed suit to stop the law from taking effect. The leagues have standing under PASPA to bring suits that authorize sports betting.
Over the next three years, New Jersey lost in both federal district court and the US Third Circuit Court of Appeals. New Jersey then appealed the case to the US Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court agreed to hear New Jersey’s appeal in the summer of 2017.
Oral arguments took place in December; many believed the hour of conversation between justices and counsel went well for New Jersey.
This is great news.......glad it happened in May, gives states a solid 3.5 months to prepare for football season......but I'm assuming some will be ready to go before world cup soccer starts on June 15
I wonder how long it will take to get online betting up and running. That will be the real moneymaker. Instead of driving to AC or Monmouth. They are going to push hard because it will make their online casinos more popular and profitable. That is where AC is getting a huge portion of it's revenue right now. It's pretty much foolproof to prevent it from working outside of NJ. The state and the feds are apparently happy the way it works. No one in New York is playing on NJ online casinos. If they can get the online betting working people who live in NYC will simply cross the bridge to bet on football for the weekends. I don't know if you have to be a NJ resident but that's easy enough to rent a place in New Jersey. New York will legalize sports betting soon enough. They want to keep the revenue in state.
Online is where the big money is, I agree. Not everyone can make it to a casino to wager.
UPDATE: Shares in bookmakers William Hill, GVC and Paddy Power Betfair rise sharply after SCOTUS paves way for legalized sports betting in the country $WWH $PPB
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