PASPA Was Law<\/strong><\/h2>\nBut on Friday US District Judge Michael Shipp — the very judge who had issued the injunction in 2014 — turned down the track\u2019s claim for damages on the grounds that PASPA was the law four years ago, regardless of its subsequent axing.<\/p>\n
\u201cHere, in 2014, PASPA was constitutionally valid,” wrote Shipp. “Thus, the law as it existed in 2014 clearly favored the Leagues, and it would be unreasonable for the court to allow NJTHA to recover under the injunction bond in light of the Leagues\u2019 correct interpretation that the 2014 Repealer Law authorized sports betting in violation of the governing law at the time. The Court, accordingly finds good cause exists to deny NJTHA damages under the injunction bond.\u201d<\/p>\n
Monmouth Park CEO Dennis Drazin told\u00a0NJ Online Gambling<\/em> this week that an appeal was already \u201cin the works.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Monmouth Park Racetrack in New Jersey has failed in its attempt to sue the sports leagues for damages over their longstanding opposition to sports betting. A lawsuit filed in May by the New Jersey Thoroughbred Horsemen\u2019s Association (NJTHA), which holds the ground lease on Monmouth Park, claimed that the leagues\u2019 determination to thwart New Jersey\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":93169,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,14577,60,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Monmouth Park Bid to Sue Sports Leagues Over Sports Betting Fails<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n