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That was their original plan, to challenge the ban in court. Now, they are just skipping the challenge of the federal ban and will start accepting wagers in the fall.
The reason they have no shot here is the recent Delaware case. Delaware was one of 4 states that were grandfathered in that can allow sports betting, so they didn't even have to challenge the federal ban. Delaware did everything right, won all the legal arguments, and the Feds still shut them down from allowing individual betting. They did allow the sports lottery, which requires bettors to pick at least 3 games on a card.
The feds have plenty of cards to shut this down without even going to court. My guess is they'll threaten the casinos with legal action if anyone accepts a bet. They can threaten Christie by holding back federal funds, and if all that fails, they just find a judge to shut it down.
There's already casino owners saying nobody wants to be the first one to take a bet and risk getting into trouble.
I didn't even think of the Super Bowl in 2014, which the NFL can threaten to pull from the state as well.
[QUOTE=bks]Why do you think that, slew? From my understanding, the Governor's blessing is contingent on the successful challenging of the federal law by the NJ attorney general. NJ recently had a referendum on the subject that passed about 2-1. The legislature will be behind it as well.
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