{"id":53285,"date":"2017-06-27T15:07:34","date_gmt":"2017-06-27T22:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=53285"},"modified":"2017-06-27T17:49:10","modified_gmt":"2017-06-28T00:49:10","slug":"supreme-court-to-hear-new-jersey-case-for-legalized-sports-betting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/supreme-court-to-hear-new-jersey-case-for-legalized-sports-betting\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court to Hear New Jersey Case for Legalized Sports Betting"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a surprise move, the US Supreme Court announced on Tuesday that it will hear arguments in New Jersey\u2019s case to legalize sports betting within its own borders, casting aside an opinion from the solicitor general<\/a> that there was little for the Court to consider.<\/p>\n

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State Sen. Raymond Lesniak, a longtime proponent of sports betting in New Jersey, said he is \u201cvery confident\u201d that the Supreme Court will vote to allow New Jersey to take sports bets in their casinos. (Image: NJ.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The case could effectively repeal provisions of the 1992 Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PAPSA), which could have implications for the future of legal sports betting across the United States.<\/p>\n

New Jersey has long battled for the right to offer sports betting at its casinos and racetracks, which have suffered from increased competition from neighboring states in recent years. But it has been frustrated at every turn by litigation to stop it launched by professional and collegiate sports leagues.<\/p>\n

Ongoing Legal Saga<\/h2>\n

To simplify a very complex legal saga, in 2013 New Jersey passed a law to authorize and regulate sports betting, which was challenged and defeated in the federal courts.<\/p>\n

So, then the state passed a law repealing its own outdated statutes against sports betting. Rather than seeking to \u201cauthorize\u201d the practice, which would be prohibited by PAPSA, it would simply choose not to enforce its own prohibition.<\/p>\n

But this was once again challenged in court by the NFL and NCAA.<\/p>\n

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Eventually an appellate court ruled that \u201cnot enforcing\u201d something was the same as \u201cauthorizing it.\u201d New Jersey attorneys contend the court should share its concerns that PASPA violates its citizens’ Tenth Amendment rights.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cThis federal takeover of New Jersey\u2019s legislative apparatus is dramatic, unprecedented, and in direct conflict with this Court\u2019s Tenth Amendment jurisprudence barring Congress from controlling how the States regulate private parties,\u201d attorneys argue on behalf of the state in the filing.<\/p>\n

\u201cNever before has congressional power been construed to allow the federal government to dictate whether a State may repeal its own state-law prohibitions on private conduct.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

SCOTUS Turnabout<\/h2>\n

The Supreme Court had delayed a decision whether or not to hear the case in January, seeking instead the opinion of the acting solicitor general on the merits of New Jersey\u2019s claims.<\/p>\n

This offered sports betting advocates in New Jersey a glimmer of hope<\/a>, as the court did not dismiss the state\u2019s petition outright, as it does 98 percent of possible cases that come before it.<\/p>\n

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But when the solicitor general issued his opinion in May, many hopes from Atlantic City to Trenton were quickly dashed. Historically the court accepts the solicitor general\u2019s recommendation. So this suggests the justices see something of importance to decide.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

State Sen. Raymond Lesniak, a longstanding champion in New Jersey\u2019s sports betting quest, told NJ.com shortly after the decision that he is now “very confident” of the state’s chances of having the weight of PASPA lifted<\/p>\n

“I’ve been knocked down five or six times,” he said. “You get a little groggy. But I never give up. And I expect to win.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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