{"id":41948,"date":"2016-11-15T12:00:37","date_gmt":"2016-11-15T20:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=41948"},"modified":"2016-11-15T12:57:18","modified_gmt":"2016-11-15T20:57:18","slug":"five-states-join-new-jersey-sports-betting-appeal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/five-states-join-new-jersey-sports-betting-appeal\/","title":{"rendered":"Five States Join New Jersey Sports Betting Appeal as It Considers Its \u201cNuclear Option\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p2\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_41949\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41949\" data-style=\"width: 266px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-41949\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Unknown.jpeg\" alt=\"Five states join New Jersey sports betting fight as Burzichelli considers nuclear option\" width=\"266\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Unknown.jpeg 266w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Unknown-142x101.jpeg 142w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" \/><figcaption  id=\"caption-attachment-41949\"class=\"text-description\">Assemblyman John Burzichelli has his finger on the button, warning New Jersey could be prepared to use its nuclear option to \u201csend a message\u201d to the feds. (Philly.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p2\">New Jersey is not done yet in its quest to authorize sports betting within its borders. A new bill introduced to the legislature two weeks ago has been described as the state\u2019s \u201cnuclear option\u201d in its quest to overturn the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA).<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">The federal law bans sports betting outside of Nevada, Oregon, Delaware and Montana.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">The bill, A4303, would repeal all laws prohibiting sports betting in New Jersey, effectively decriminalizing the practice not only at casinos and racetracks but everywhere else too.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">This would potentially pave the way for corner bookies and betting parlors throughout the state.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p2\"><b>Door Left Open<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p2\">Meanwhile, New Jersey is asking the Supreme Court to hear its appeal of the Third Circuit&#8217;s August ruling, which blocked its attempt to legalize sport betting solely at its casinos and racetracks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">This week it was joined in this endeavor by the attorneys general of five states, who filed an amicus brief in support of New Jersey\u2019s plight. AG\u2019s from West Virginia,<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>Arizona,\u00a0Louisiana,\u00a0Mississippi\u00a0and\u00a0Wisconsin contend that Third Circuit ruling usurps states\u2019 rights by enforcing the federal ban on sports betting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">New Jersey had argued that while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/sports-betting-repeal-could-soon-get-an-act-of-congress\">PASPA<\/a> specifically prohibits the \u201cauthorization\u201d of sports betting, there was nothing, per se, that prevented the state from simply not enforcing the ban. Much of case, then, hinged on semantics and whether not enforcing a law amounted to the same thing as \u201cauthorizing\u201d what the law forbade.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">The problem was that New Jersey was only suggesting a partial repeal of PASPA, at casino and racetracks, and nowhere else. Thus, the court ruled that partial repeal amounted to authorization because a true repeal would surely legalize across the board.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">It left the door open for a bill such as A4303, a recourse the court probably thought <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/north-jersey-casino-referendum\">New Jersey<\/a> would never take because of its desire to protect its casino sector. But now the New Jersey legislature will get to debate on whether to use its nuclear option.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p2\"><b>Clear Message to Feds<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p2\">Right now this bill would wipe out everything,&#8221; said the bill\u2019s sponsor Assemblyman Ralph Caputo (D-28<sup>th<\/sup>). &#8220;That would allow anyone to open in [a betting operation] in a storefront,&#8221; which supporters do not want, Caputo said. &#8220;How do we regulate these other people?&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"main-blockquote\">\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong>\u201cAt the very least, it\u2019s sending a very clear message back to the federal government once again that we believe this is a state\u2019s rights issue,\u201d his co-sponsor Assemblyman John Burzichelli (D-3<sup>rd<\/sup>) told KYW Newsradio.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p2\">\u201cIf the federal government can turn their head and say to the people of Colorado recreational marijuana, although still recognized by the feds to be a crime, is allowed to be legal in Colorado because the state decided it\u2019s so, then they should equally respect New Jersey and it\u2019s people who have changed the constitution to say we want to be able to bet on sporting events in a legal environment.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Jersey is not done yet in its quest to authorize sports betting within its borders. A new bill introduced to the legislature two weeks ago has been described as the state\u2019s \u201cnuclear option\u201d in its quest to overturn the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA). The federal law bans sports betting outside of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":41949,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,13,16],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Five States Join New Jersey Sports Betting Appeal as It Considers Its \u201cNuclear Option\u201d<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Attorneys general from West Virginia, Arizona,\u00a0Louisiana,\u00a0Mississippi\u00a0and\u00a0Wisconsin join New Jersey sports betting appeal.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Five States Join New Jersey Sports Betting Appeal as It Considers Its \u201cNuclear Option\u201d\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Attorneys general from West Virginia, Arizona,\u00a0Louisiana,\u00a0Mississippi\u00a0and\u00a0Wisconsin join New Jersey sports betting appeal.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/five-states-join-new-jersey-sports-betting-appeal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Casino.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Casino.OrgNews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-11-15T20:00:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-11-15T20:57:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Unknown.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"266\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"190\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Casino.org Staff Writer\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Casino_Org\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Casino_Org\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Casino.org Staff Writer\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/five-states-join-new-jersey-sports-betting-appeal\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/five-states-join-new-jersey-sports-betting-appeal\/\",\"name\":\"Five States Join New Jersey Sports Betting Appeal as It Considers Its \u201cNuclear Option\u201d\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/five-states-join-new-jersey-sports-betting-appeal\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/five-states-join-new-jersey-sports-betting-appeal\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Unknown.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-11-15T20:00:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-11-15T20:57:18+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8c48bf89dc86da77b4d856c7b3b78d77\"},\"description\":\"Attorneys general from West Virginia, Arizona,\u00a0Louisiana,\u00a0Mississippi\u00a0and\u00a0Wisconsin join New Jersey sports betting appeal.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/five-states-join-new-jersey-sports-betting-appeal\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/five-states-join-new-jersey-sports-betting-appeal\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/five-states-join-new-jersey-sports-betting-appeal\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Unknown.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Unknown.jpeg\",\"width\":266,\"height\":190,\"caption\":\"Assemblyman John Burzichelli has his finger on the button, warning New Jersey could be prepared to use its nuclear option to \u201csend a message\u201d to the feds. 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