[MUHerd37]

From NJ.com:

Sports betting may come to Atlantic City as early as this fall despite a federal ban, Gov. Chris Chris Christie announced today at a Boardwalk news conference in Atlantic City. Christie said he planned to submit regulations this week and hoped patrons of the casinos in the resort city and the state’s four horse racing tracks could bet on professional and certain college sports games by October or November.
"We intend to go forward and allow sports betting to happen," Christie said. "If someone wants to stop us, then let them try to stop us."
Christie said he expected legal action from the federal government to try to stop the state from implementing sports wagering, but "I have every confidence we’re going to be successful."
Christie signed legislation in January allowing sports betting in the state after it was approved by a 2-to-1 margin through a nonbinding voter referendum in November.
Supporters say the state is missing out on sorely needed revenue now going to off-shore Internet operations. In addition, casino executives say legal sports wagering will attract more customers to their places, which have seen business drop off sharply in the last half-dozen years because of the weakened economy and competition from neighboring states.
Christie said half of the licensing fees from places with sports betting would be used to finance treatment programs for compulsive gamblers.
A federal law known as the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act limits sports betting to four states that approved it by a 1991 deadline: Nevada, Delaware, Oregon and Montana. At the time, New Jersey was given the chance to become the fifth state but failed to act.
For the past two years, New Jersey lawmakers has been moving toward implementing sports betting.
Two New Jersey congressmen, Rep. Frank Pallone, a Democrat, and Rep Frank LoBiondo, a Republican, are trying to fight the ban in Congress. The state could also go to court to challenge it.

"It’ll be another exciting way to add to the experience here in Atlantic City," Christie said at the news conference, which was intended to kick off the summer vacation season.
Casino executives said today they were pleased with Christie’s approach, though they cautioned that none wanted to be the first to set up an expensive sports betting operation, only to have the federal government shut it down.
"I love the idea of playing offense and having the federal government have to play defense against us," said Tony Rodio, president of Tropicana Entertainment, which owns the Tropicana in Atlantic City and casinos in several other states. "But I don’t know who’s going to want to be the first to open knowing they can shut you down. We’d need a lot more clarity before we invested lots of money in a sports book."
State Sen. Raymond Lesniak (D-Union), who sponsored the measure to bring sports betting to Atlantic City, said Christie’s move, "represents one of the final steps in our long journey toward the repeal of an unfair, and ultimately, unconstitutional ban on sports wagering."
"To those with a vested interest in the status quo — the professional sports organizations who take a hypocritical stance that wagering will ‘ruin the purity of the game’ and the Nevada-based gaming conglomerates that have enjoyed the state’s stranglehold on sports wagering for the last 20 years — I respectfully say, ‘bring it on,’" Lesniak said in a statement. "Now that the regulations have been put forward, there’s only one step left, a showdown in the U.S. Supreme Court, where I believe we will prevail."


http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/201...antic_cit.html

[jjgold]

What balls Christy has

Can you imagine if the Meadowlands had sports betting>>>

[MUHerd37]

I love Christie. Guy doesn't take bullshit and says what he means.

[fergie's balls]

Before I got to that part, was wondering who is going to take the chance first, put out couple mil for nice sports book operation only to be shut down by fed govt and have to sit/ wait on long legal process, all while checks being cut for the investment loan...

[MUHerd37]

I really wonder if the Feds will try to stop them. Don't they have to? I think Jersey would win in court. Unconstitutional I think.

[FuzzyDunlop]

I really wonder if the Feds will try to stop them. Don't they have to? I think Jersey would win in court. Unconstitutional I think.

The Obama administration has done nothing but shit on the rights of state's to determine what the people want.

[MUHerd37]

The Obama administration has done nothing but shit on the rights of state's to determine what the people want.

I know. That worries me.

[Counterfeit Cash]

This is great for AC if the feds back off them.

[tropolis]

you degenerates dont need it

[NSN21]

Being that this is a Federal ban they are attempting to overturn, doesn't that mean if they win, it would open the door for ALL 50 states to vote in sports betting as well?

[SlickRick1382]

As per ESPN.com's article ....

"To those with a vested interest in the status quo -- the professional sports organizations who take a hypocritical stance that wagering will 'ruin the purity of the game,' and the Nevada-based gaming conglomerates that have enjoyed that state's stranglehold on sports wagering for the last 20 years -- I respectfully say, 'Bring it on,' " he said in a statement. "The sooner you make an issue of New Jersey's noncompliance with an unconstitutional federal ban, the sooner we can defeat that ban in the courts, and put New Jersey on the same competitive footing as the rest of the nation when it comes to sports wagering."



Think it's the right call. To have Atlantic City and all those casino's setup there but not allow sports betting is pretty ridiculous ...

[Petey Wheatstraw]

That is the only way that AC can survive going forward. It must be Las Vegas style sportsbook type. Straight up, versus the spread, single play must be allowed. None of this BS, like 3 team parlay/teasers like Delaware offers. Then AC will have an edge over the neighboring states with casinos on every corner.

[fergie's balls]

AC needs this badly to survive as just mentioned above.degens going down on as unday ultimately sitting at blackjack table also.

[mp5070]

[eastern2]

Michigan needs to do this and have Detroit casinos run the books - would help them alot

[relaaxx]

a step in the right direction would be great --- come on AC

[mtneer1212]

I love Christie. Guy doesn't take bullshit and says what he means.

If he would have ran for President this year, he would have beat Obama. And given Bill Maher an unending supply of fat jokes...... We lose twice.

[stevenash]

I love Christie. Guy doesn't take bullshit and says what he means.

+1
I'm a Jersey boy born and raised, in Ct. now, but I spent most of my life in NJ, let me tell you guys something, before Christie NJ was run by a collection of corrupt empty suits, leading up to Corzine, who Christie is currently cleaning up shit left by him.

I like a politician that does what he says, and has the balls to tell you to STFU

[stevenash]

Michigan needs to do this and have Detroit casinos run the books - would help them alot

Detroit is a lost cause, just read at Drudges site how Detroit has to turn off 1/2 the street lights because they can't afford the electricity, people are running, not walking to move out of there, you can't even get 10 cents on the dollar for your home, and it's even money you'll get shot or mugged.

[username474]

The Feds will be shutting this down by week 3 of the NFL season, if the casinos even go along with it in the first place. I imagine there is someone from the DOJ typing up something right now to all casinos and racetracks that states you are going to be fined up the a@* if you accecpt one single wager. Christie is just trying to speed up the case with this noise.

[floridagolfer]

There's no way the feds canNOT step in and shut them down. Where all this goes from there, in court and in Congress, who knows?

But for those who think they're going to be able to walk into a sports book at Freehold this fall and place a bet on an NFL game, I don't see that happening.

[stevenash]

The Feds will be shutting this down by week 3 of the NFL season, if the casinos even go along with it in the first place. I imagine there is someone from the DOJ typing up something right now to all casinos and racetracks that states you are going to be fined up the a@* if you accecpt one single wager. Christie is just trying to speed up the case with this noise.

There's the rub, the DOJ and Christie aren't the best of friends.
DOJ thinks he spends too much...............

[unluckysob]

start out small with hand written tickets----the way vegas used to do it-----maybe small limits like $500.----should not be a great start up expense----GET THIS DONE JERSEY-----Ive still got a shoebox full of hand written tickets from vegas.

[stevenash]

start out small with hand written tickets----the way vegas used to do it-----maybe small limits like $500.----should not be a great start up expense----GET THIS DONE JERSEY-----Ive still got a shoebox full of hand written tickets from vegas.

I got some from the old Mint myself

[thetrinity]

itll be interesting, this guy gets an A for effort at least.

[Trident]

Lets just say NJ goes ahead and decides to start taking sports bets before the Federal statue is overturned where are they going to go for telecommunication's, software, betting machines, banking and everything else they will need? By doing business with them these companies are at risk of having the feds come after them. Unless the federal ban is overturned this has zero chance of happening.

[itduzz]

Does this mean i can use bet365 in USA?

[jjgold]

No fuzzy head
You will never be able to

[topgame85]

christie is not someone you want to fck with. Guy will mostly be president In 4-12 years. Challenge him if you want but you will pay for it later. Especially considering the law is CLEARLY unconstitutional. About as blatant of a bias as can be seen. Delaware did not have the big dicks supporting it to get it through. Christie has friends and clout. Doubt the fed will even challenge this right now, the leagues may challenge it as in Delaware but do they really want to pay for more lawyers to fight something that will inevitably be overturned at some point? California and other states letting people get away with smoking weed even though there is a federal ban without interferring so why fight this battle..... Hope to see it completely overturned but more likely will just go unchecked. It is about time someone stepped up.

[stevenash]

christie is not someone you want to fck with.

Just ask Corzine, he found out hard.
Corzine tried to drag Christie and his name through the mud.
Political experts call Corzine's campaign to get reelected the dirtiest campaign any politician ever ran on any level.

Christie took him to the woodshed.
Do you know how hard it is to take out a liberal politician in Jersey running for reelection?
It's pretty damn impossible to take down an incumbent democrat in New Jersey.

[Counterfeit Cash]

Should be a great mix-up when all is said and done - I may actually have a reason to drive up to A.C now

[Louisvillekid1]

Gotta love Christie,

Borgata Sports Book! That is going to be sick...

great news,

[jjgold]

LK you will be buried

I say your there 4 days a week

[Louisvillekid1]

weekends definitely...

Gotta love it JJ...

[jjgold]

I do not know how they are going to take bets and defy the feds

Its bizarre