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Originally Posted by lamboguy
in order for New Jersey to get sports gambling, they are going to need a constitutional amendment. that means that 66 2/3 of the states have to ratify it.
they had their shot to get sports gambling, instead they wanted Christie Todd Whitman to be governor there, they made sure they kept legalized sports gambling off the ballot that year.
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It's not a Constitutional question. PASPA is merely legislation. And to repeal PASPA all that is required is for the House to write legislation that makes legal that which PASPA now states is illegal, get the bill into committee, pass it through the full house and send it to the Senate. They then send it through committee and if there are no changes in the language that require the bill to be sent back to the House for amendments, the Senate would vote. If it passes, the bill then goes to the president to sign, veto or table.
The federal government in passing PASPA left a large hole in the language. The law states that none of the 50 states may pass laws permitting betting on sports. MT DE OR And NV already had it so they are grandfathered.
By issuing the directive, Christie simply gave the the casinos the ok to start offering sports betting. The state will not operate nor regulate.
