{"id":43925,"date":"2017-01-18T14:00:04","date_gmt":"2017-01-18T22:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=43925"},"modified":"2017-01-18T12:08:58","modified_gmt":"2017-01-18T20:08:58","slug":"supreme-court-offers-new-jersey-hope-in-sports-betting-appeal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/supreme-court-offers-new-jersey-hope-in-sports-betting-appeal\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court Offers New Jersey Hope in Sports Betting Appeal, Asks for Trump Administration View"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><i><\/i>The US Supreme Court has requested the US solicitor general file a brief on the federal government\u2019s view of New Jersey\u2019s sports betting plight.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_43929\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43929\" data-style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-43929\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/1537eb60-d99c-11e5-be2f-852b3e76f269_AP_060818021309.jpg\" alt=\"Supreme Court Offers Hope for New Jersey Sports Betting\" width=\"310\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/1537eb60-d99c-11e5-be2f-852b3e76f269_AP_060818021309.jpg 310w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/1537eb60-d99c-11e5-be2f-852b3e76f269_AP_060818021309-142x121.jpg 142w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/1537eb60-d99c-11e5-be2f-852b3e76f269_AP_060818021309-129x110.jpg 129w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\" \/><figcaption  id=\"caption-attachment-43929\"class=\"text-description\">The Supreme Court has asked for the Trump administration\u2019s view on sports betting, which begs the question, what exactly is it? (Image: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\">The court was due to decide Tuesday on whether it would hear an appeal of a Third Circuit ruling in August that blocked the state\u2019s attempt to legalize sport betting solely at its casinos and racetracks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">While the request for the solicitor general\u2019s view will delay that decision, it offers New Jersey a glimmer of hope; if the Supreme Court had no intention to hear the case it would have simply dismissed it, as it did 70 other cases on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The court is eager to know the forthcoming Trump administration\u2019s stance on the issue of sports betting and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/former-nba-commissioner-david-stern-calls-for-paspa-repeal\">PASPA<\/a>, the federal law that prohibits it in all but four states.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">That throws up an intriguing question: what <i>is<\/i> Trump\u2019s view on sports betting?<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><b>Lightning Bolt<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">As a former Atlantic City casino owner, whose campaign was supported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/five-states-join-new-jersey-sports-betting-appeal\">New Jersey<\/a> Governor Chris Christie (the lead plaintiff in the case), would he be willing to do the state a favor?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThis is the lightning bolt\u00a0that could shake up the sports-betting legalization debate,&#8221; sports attorney Daniel Wallach,\u00a0who\u00a0has followed the case closely for years, told NorthJersey.com this week. &#8220;If Donald Trump is truly dialed\u00a0in on this issue, he might just have the ability to influence the sports-betting legalization debate in ways that were not even contemplated until now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"main-blockquote\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>\u201cI think we may have actually underestimated Donald Trump\u2019s impact on sports betting,\u201d he added. \u201cMuch of the recent speculation centered on how he could push for federal legislation, a process that could take up to several years to accomplish. But now, Donald Trump\u2019s impact on the sports betting legalization debate will be immediate\u2026 and could be decisive.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><b>Will There be a Different Take on PASPA?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">Wallach says that if Trump did decide he wanted legal sports betting, he now has the opportunity to influence the Supreme Court\u2019s decision through his choice of appointment for new solicitor general, yet to be decided.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">&#8220;The DOJ will have new leadership. A new Attorney General and Solicitor General will likely be in place soon. So it will be interesting to see if they have a different take on PASPA,&#8221; said Christopher Soriano of the Duane Morris law firm in Cherry Hill in New Jersey.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The solicitor general was given no deadline, but usual practice is to file its briefs by May so that the Court can consider the petition before the end of June.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US Supreme Court has requested the US solicitor general file a brief on the federal government\u2019s view of New Jersey\u2019s sports betting plight. 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