New Jersey Approves Sports Betting in Final Minutes
January 10, 2012 • Casino Advices • Comments • • Tags: Betting, New Jersey, Sports Betting
With only hours to go before a legislative session deadline, the New Jersey Assembly approved legalized sports betting in the state.
Early in the day, the Senate had approved the measure.
Last November, voters gave the approval for legalized sports betting in the state by a 64/35 margin. Bets could be placed on professional sporting events at Atlantic City’s 11 casinos and 4 racetracks.
“These votes, by both houses of the legislature and the voters of New Jersey, mark the beginning of the end of the inequitable federal ban on sports betting,” said state Sen. Raymo