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BKS, you are correct. There have been at least 3 different instances that were quoted from the sports leagues, the doj lawyer, and even a judge at the Court of Appeals who all said, in essence, that PASPA is not forcing them to do anything and it's not a violation of PASPA if NJ repeals it's prohibition on sports betting. So, Senator Lesniak introduced a bill that would do just that, only at casinos and racetracks. It's now on the Governor's desk.
In my opinion, I think Chrisite will veto it. I think the only reason that he was the "aggressor" in trying to get sports betting legalized was that the NJ legislature did an intelligent thing and got the sports betting question on the ballot in 2011 without the need of the Governor's approval. Then, when the voter's overwhelmingly voted YES to sports betting, the Governor would have looked real bad not to fight for it. Based on his future aspirations for the Republican nominee for president and the possible questions regarding possible new lawsuits in resonse to the new sports betting repeal prohibition, I think he veto's it.
I would think at that point they could try to override the veto, but the NJ legislature has NEVER been able to override his veto due to the fact that the minority of Republicans in the NJ legislature, even if they overwhelmingly agreed with the bill, will NEVER go against their Governor.
It should be interesting to see how this turns out, especially since one particular senator (Senator Beck) is a republican, is a co-sponsor of the bill, and represents Oceanport, where Monmouth Park is located. If Christie veto's it, will she have the guts to try to override his veto? We will see.
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