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Offline thackney

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Supreme Court ruling opens door for legalized sports gambling nationwide
« on: May 14, 2018, 04:50:44 pm »
Supreme Court ruling opens door for legalized sports gambling nationwide
https://sports.yahoo.com/supreme-court-ruling-opens-door-legalized-sports-gambling-nationwide-144847733.html
May 14, 2018

The Supreme Court of the United States ruled the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) unconstitutional Monday, opening the door for legalized sports gambling across the nation.

The case rose through the court system when New Jersey and former Governor Chris Christie appealed a 2012 decision upholding PASPA in district court after the NCAA and all four major sports leagues filed suit following legislation to lift the Garden State’s ban on sports gambling. The Supreme Court ruled by overwhelming majority on Monday that PASPA violated the Tenth Amendment, which restricts the federal government from imposing legislation that outlaws states from enacting laws individually.

“A more direct affront to state sovereignty is not easy to imagine,” Justice Samuel Alito wrote.

Not only does Monday’s ruling allow New Jersey to collect taxes on legalized sports gambling, but other states can do so without impunity now, too, and online sports gambling websites are sure to seize on this opportunity. The practice was previously grandfathered in for Nevada under PASPA....

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MURPHY, GOVERNOR OF NEW JERSEY, ET AL. v.
NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSN. ET AL.
CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR
THE THIRD CIRCUIT
No. 16–476. Argued December 4, 2017—Decided May 14, 2018*
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/17pdf/16-476_dbfi.pdf
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« Reply #1 on: May 14, 2018, 04:59:51 pm »
Excellent news!
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Re: Supreme Court ruling opens door for legalized sports gambling nationwide
« Reply #2 on: May 14, 2018, 05:03:09 pm »
They didn't really legalize gambling nationwide - they said that this is a states' issue and threw it back to them.  States can now decide how to deal with it.
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Re: Supreme Court ruling opens door for legalized sports gambling nationwide
« Reply #3 on: May 14, 2018, 05:12:06 pm »
Quote from: Bigun on May 14, 2018, 04:59:51 pm
Excellent news!

Not for your underworld bookie.
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Re: Supreme Court ruling opens door for legalized sports gambling nationwide
« Reply #4 on: May 14, 2018, 05:12:49 pm »
Quote from: Sanguine on May 14, 2018, 05:03:09 pm
They didn't really legalize gambling nationwide - they said that this is a states' issue and threw it back to them.  States can now decide how to deal with it.

Exactly right!  And think about what that portends for a minute.
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Re: Supreme Court ruling opens door for legalized sports gambling nationwide
« Reply #5 on: May 14, 2018, 05:14:23 pm »
Quote from: Bigun on May 14, 2018, 05:12:49 pm
Exactly right!  And think about what that portends for a minute.

I am.   ^-^
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Re: Supreme Court ruling opens door for legalized sports gambling nationwide
« Reply #6 on: May 14, 2018, 05:17:47 pm »
Quote from: Sanguine on May 14, 2018, 05:14:23 pm
I am.   ^-^

You'll be able to bring your weekly cock fights out into the open?
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Re: Supreme Court ruling opens door for legalized sports gambling nationwide
« Reply #7 on: May 14, 2018, 05:22:45 pm »
Quote from: Frank Cannon on May 14, 2018, 05:17:47 pm
You'll be able to bring your weekly cock fights out into the open?

I can think of many more things that are none of the fedgov's business than that @Frank Cannon!
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Re: Supreme Court ruling opens door for legalized sports gambling nationwide
« Reply #8 on: May 14, 2018, 05:27:08 pm »
Quote from: Bigun on May 14, 2018, 05:22:45 pm
I can think of many more things that are none of the fedgov's business than that @Frank Cannon!

Well wake me up when the SC decides that healthcare is a states rights issue as well as the right to place a Quinella at Pimlico.
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Re: Supreme Court ruling opens door for legalized sports gambling nationwide
« Reply #9 on: May 14, 2018, 09:34:13 pm »
Speaking of sports betting, when Tillman Fertitta bought the Houston Rockets last September, his casinos stopped taking bets on which team would win the western conference title.  He's going to have to write a check to those who bet on Golden State, even if they lose.   http://www.sportingnews.com/nba/news/rockets-owners-casino-already-paying-bets-warriors-western-conference-finals-tilman-fertitta/6nce7qoftm6u19efxda6e6zbl
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