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Question on legal sports gaming

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Freelance Hack, Feb 16, 2007.

  1. Freelance Hack

    Freelance Hack Active Member

    Went to the Google trying to find this and found some conflicting information. I'm hopeful my brothers and sisters on SportsJournalists.com can help me out.

    Didn't Congress pass a law a few years ago basically making sportsbook gaming illegal anywhere except Nevada? If that's wrong, please let me know. This isn't about online wagering, this is about on-site sportsbooks. Thanks.
     
    Freelance Hack, Feb 16, 2007
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  2. Flying Headbutt

    Flying Headbutt Moderator Staff Member

    It's also legal in Delaware and New Jersey, if those states so wanted to act on it. They just have chosen not to, for some mystifying reason.
     
    Flying Headbutt, Feb 16, 2007
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  3. Simon_Cowbell

    Simon_Cowbell Active Member

    sports gambling is legal in Jersey?????
     
    Simon_Cowbell, Feb 16, 2007
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  4. Flying Headbutt

    Flying Headbutt Moderator Staff Member

    It would be if the state legislated it. They haven't. Those are the only three states, by federal law, that are able to host sports betting Only Nevada has actually legalized it. Delaware considered it a few years ago, but even the bill's sponsor wasn't too keen on it and it didn't go very far.
     
    Flying Headbutt, Feb 16, 2007
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