Posted on July 12th, 2018
New Jersey was one of the first states to start offering sports betting as an option shortly after SCOTUS struck down the anti-sports betting rule known as PAPSA. The numbers from those first few weeks have been released to the public. As expected, the numbers aren’t mind boggling. They report that they have taken in […]
Posted on June 14th, 2018
10:30 am EST – This morning – The sportsbook at Monmouth Park in New Jersey opened for business. The sportsbook is being operated by William Hill US (US brand of British based bookmaker). We reached out to them to find out what the first sports bet was but have not received a response yet. However, […]
Posted on February 17th, 2018
The process of legalized sports betting in New Jersey is almost complete. All signs from inside the State of New Jersey are that they are expecting a positive ruling from the Supreme Court. They are expecting the ruling within a 2-10 weeks but are telling gambling operators already in the state to apply for their […]
Posted on June 28th, 2017
On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the writ of certiorari by New Jersey to hear the state’s case based on its merits. This means the Supreme Court, the highest court in the U.S., will hear the case and rule whether PASPA is constitutional or not. The proceedings will be the following: August 10 – […]
Posted on June 23rd, 2017
Thursday turned out to be a very big day for New Jersey’s future with sports betting, as well as the rest of the U.S., but what happened will not be known until Monday. On Thursday, the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court met to consider several cases to hear on appeal. Amongst those cases was […]
Posted on May 25th, 2017
On Wednesday, current U.S. Solicitor General Jeffrey Wall told the U.S. Supreme Court no grounds existed for the high court to hear the sports betting case in which the state of New Jersey is battling to legalize sports betting within the state. The statement by Wall could be the final knockout blow for New Jersey […]
Posted on August 10th, 2016
The efforts by the state of New Jersey to bring sports betting on a legal basis into its casinos in Atlantic City and statewide horse tracks suffered a potentially fatal blow on Tuesday. A federal appeals court decided to uphold a previous ruling that invalidated the state challenge of a federal law limiting such gambling […]
Posted on April 27th, 2016
Betfair Casino is one of the first online casinos to open their doors to American players, namely to the residents of New Jersey. New Jersey located players can now enjoy all the games and features of this fantastic casino platform and today we set out to find out what kind of benefits players on Betfair […]
Posted on February 18th, 2016
Officials in New Jersey have wanted to legalize sports gambling the past few years despite a federal law from 1992 that forbids the vast majority of states from either authorizing or overseeing the gambling. U.S. appellate judges on two occasions rejected state officials in their attempts with 2-1 decisions against legalizing it. However, on Wednesday […]
Posted on October 15th, 2015
Hope of having legalized sports betting in New Jersey remained alive after an appeals court granted the state a rehearing in its battle against the professional sports leagues in the U.S. as well as the NCAA. The state must win this rehearing then hope the country’s Supreme Court does not hear another appeal. A gaming […]