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Sportsbetting in New Jersey
 November 8, 2009, 10:58 am (2 years ago)According to NJBiz, the defeat of New Jersey governor Jon Corzine by arriving governor Chris Christie at the beginning of this week does not necessarily indicate the end of New Jersey’s lawful action to deliver sportsbetting to the state.
On Monday, a federal judge permitted Corzine until November 12 to file an objection in opposition to a 17-year prohibition on sports wagering, cancelling resistance from the federal Department of Justice.
“We’ll keep on moving forward and file the essential court papers by the deadline,” explained Robert Corrales, a spokesman in the governor’s office. “It is going to be depending on incoming governor to determine if he would want to carry on.”
Christie had openly showed first support for authorizing sports wagering in the state, stated Joe Brennan Jr., chairman of the Interactive Media Entertainment & Gaming Association Inc.
Sports-betting is authorized in Delaware, Montana, Nevada and Oregon under a special exemption, and at the beginning of this year, iMEGA, state Sen. Ray Lesniak and representatives of the NJ horseracing business filed an action taking legal action against the federal government trying to overturn the prohibition on sports betting in New Jersey and 45 other US states. Corzine has showed New Jersey’s plan to participate in the movement.
Lesniak sstated through a spokesman that he has asked Christie “to reveal his support for our efforts to have the federal prohibition on sports betting declared unauthorized.”
To authorize sports wagering would generate over $100 million a year in revenue for the state, he added.
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