The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that New Jersey State's sports betting law, approved by Governor Chris Christie, contradicts the 1993 Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) which isolates state-sanctioned sports betting to Nevada, Oregon, Delaware, and Montana.
This is the state's latest attempt to do away with or amend PASPA.
The ruling was handed down by three judges 2 to 1 saying : "We are cognizant that certain questions related to this case — whether gambling on sporting events is harmful to the games' integrity and whether states should be permitted to license and profit from the activity — engender strong views. But we are not asked to judge the wisdom of PASPA or of New Jersey's law, or of the desirability of the activities they seek to regulate. We speak only to the legality of these measures as a matter of constitutional law ... New Jersey's sports wagering law conflicts with PASPA and, under our Constitution, must yield."
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