Posts Tagged ‘Sports Betting’

Atlantic City Press analyze the chance of NJ getting sports betting:       http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/press/casinos_tourism/should-the-supreme-court-legalize-sports-betting/article_8a0363a4-8d6a-5702-a8b4-716d94c32a62.html

By SANDRA CHEREB Associated Press CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) – Nevada’s largest casinos, still climbing out of the recession, suffered a combined net loss of $1.35 billion in 2013, marking the fifth straight year without an overall profit, state regulators reported Friday. But there was some positive news in the annual abstract report released by the […]

NY wants Sports Betting

Posted: May 21, 2012 in Uncategorized
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http://www.wagerminds.com/blog/legalization/lawmaker-aims-to-legalize-sports-betting-in-new-york-5860/ May 21st, 2012 | By WagerMinds New York State Senator Tony Avella (D-Queens) has introduced a bill in the State Senate which would legalize sports betting at casinos and racinos and off-track betting parlors all across New York state. And Avella’s legalization efforts have the backing of the Brooklyn District Attorney, one of the […]

http://blog.northjersey.com/meadowlandsmatters/2740/the-poll-question-that-only-10-percent-of-garden-staters-got-right/ Posted on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 11:40 am by John Brennan To follow up on Monday’s blog post: Joe Brennan Jr. (no relation to me or my brother Joe), chairman of the Interactive Media Entertainment & Gaming Association (IMEGA), passed along the details of the 2010 poll I referenced regarding New Jerseyans and gambling. […]

By:Seth Lubove Friday, May 11, 2012 In his ground-level office on a back street of Las Vegas, Lee Amaitis is worlds away from the 15-story building in London where he served as the second in command at Cantor Fitzgerald until 2008. Rather than looking at the Tower of London on the River Thames from his […]

http://nj1015.com/jersey-congressmen-pushing-separate-sports-betting-bills-audio/   By: David Matthau  |  January 24, 2012   With the Giants heading to the Super Bowl, a lot of Jersey football fans will be placing a friendly wager on the big game. Frank Pallone (Facebook) Now we get word two Jersey Congressional representatives are sponsoring separate measures to legalize sports betting in the […]

http://www.covers.com/articles/articles.aspx?theArt=274352 By LARRY JOSEPHSON What do we do with Chris Christie, the governor of New Jersey who not long ago wanted his state to be the East Coast’s all-inclusive gambling Mecca but now appears to be main impediment toward accomplishing that goal? What do we do with a governor who keeps moving the goal line […]

http://www.nj.com/times-opinion/index.ssf/2012/02/amick_against_odds_politicans.html Published: Monday, February 27, 2012, 7:00 AM By George Amick/For The Times Once again, New Jersey politicians are trying to correct a past mistake after the odds have shifted against them. I don’t mean the Democrats’ effort to authorize same-sex marriage, although that fits the description nicely. The goal of this belated campaign is […]

http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2012/05/14/new-jersey-voters-want-sports-gambling/   ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A new poll finds most New Jerseyans oppose legalizing Internet gambling, but want the ability to legally bet on sporting events. A Fairleigh Dickinson University PublicMind poll released Monday finds 58 percent of state residents are against legalizing online gambling, while 31 percent support it. But voters, by the same […]

it is only a matter of time before Sports Betting is allowed in other states. NJ has a lot of the pieces of the puzzle in place and Senator Lesniak and Gov. Christie seem poised to make this happen.