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Supreme Court strikes down federal law prohibiting sports gambling

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The Supreme Court struck down a federal law that prohibits sports gambling Monday in a landmark decision that gives states the go-ahead to legalize betting on sports.

The court ruled to strike down the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PAPSA), a 1992 law that barred state-authorized sports gambling with some exceptions. It made Nevada the only state where a person could wager on the results of a single game.

States that want to offer legal sports betting may now do so, and New Jersey plans to be first. Delaware, Mississippi, New York, Pennsylvania and West Virginia are among the states expected to quickly get into the legal bookmaking game.

The court ruled in favor of New Jersey and against the NCAA, NFL, NBA, NHL and Major League Baseball, capping a nearly six-year legal battle and overturning a federal statute that the sports leagues had adamantly stood by for more than 20 years.

"Congress can regulate sports gambling directly, but if it elects not to do so, each State is free to act on its own," the court wrote its opinion. "Our job is to interpret the law Congress has enacted and decide whether it is consistent with the Constitution. PASPA is not."

http://www.espn.com/chalk/story/_/id/23501236/supreme-court-strikes-federal-law-prohibiting-sports-gambling

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20 minutes ago, BleedRed702 said:

So does this mean that Vegas can finally get the Final 4 and other big NCAA events? 

 

Can't keep using that gambling excuse about ruining the purity of college athletics. 

They’ll just come up with something else, lol. 

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18 minutes ago, 4UNLV said:

They’ll just come up with something else, lol. 

They’ll site prostitution and the exploitation of women in the brothels as a reason for keeping Vegas off the list.  

thelawlorfaithful, on 31 Dec 2012 - 04:01 AM, said:One of the rules I live by: never underestimate a man in a dandy looking sweater

 

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48 minutes ago, mugtang said:

They’ll site prostitution and the exploitation of women in the brothels as a reason for keeping Vegas off the list.  

Versus the rampant exploitations on campuses nationwide?!  At least the prostitutes get paid.

Nothing to really say here.....except GO MWC!!

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Hopefully this will curb the skyrocketing prices of MM parties in Vegas.  My group is considering moving our party to Tijuana the Vegas prices are getting so ridiculous. 

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Anything that gives Vegas competition is a good thing. Eventually it may lead to sports gambling incorporating further: to try to snatch up these new bookies under a corporate brand name.

But for now, the more betting streams that are out there, the harder it to influence a bias out on the field or surrounding the game in the media...at least from the gambling money angle.

It's a positive. Let the outcome happen and the players play.

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