Posted on Friday, 20th March 2009 by admin
Yesterday, Senator Raymond Lesniak sued the US government, together with a few associations that support the interest of dog and horse races, in order to lift a ban on all legal sport betting. They (Lesniak and associates) say the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) of 1992 is in conflict with 5 amendments to the US Constitution, by discriminating against the people of New Jersey and by regulating a matter that should be reserved to the states.
With eleven casinos in Atlantic City, gambling is one of New Jersey’s main sources of income. ”How can Congress say to the people of the state of New Jersey, You do not have this right that the people in Nevada do?” Lesniak asked. The PASPA which became active in 1992, states that it is illegal for a state or a person to organise, advertise, wager etcetera on sport bets. This law is not active on states that already had sports betting before the PASPA became active, these states are: Nevada, Montana, Oregon and Delaware. Despite the fact that it is illegal to gamble, almost all of America is involved in either March Madness brackets or Super Bowl pools. Billions of dollars are gambled in off- and online casinos in America, an estimated 300 billion dollars disappears in illegal back room bookmakers, offshore internet operations and organised crime.
New Jersey is struggling in the current economic crisis and is feeling competition from Nevada that does sports betting. Should Lesniak win the case, it would mean the PASPA is no longer in force, and so all Americans can join the sports betting in online casinos or their land based counterparts.
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