Murphy puts the brakes on sports betting at NJ racetracks despite legislature’s green light
Don’t count on placing a bet on the NBA Finals or the Yankees/Mets subway series games this weekend at Monmouth Park. Governor Phil Murphy has not signed the bill regulating sports betting that passed the legislature unanimously yesterday and the New Jersey Racing Commission, which Murphy controls, warned the state’s three tracks not to take bets before he does, according to a NJ.com report.
Following the U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning the nationwide sports betting ban, except for Nevada, Dennis Drazin of Monmouth Park announced he was prepared to start taking bets at the William Hill Race and Sports Bar on Memorial Day. New Jersey already had a law on the books, and a state constitutional amendment, that allows sports betting, so with the federal ban overturned by SCOTUS, there was no legal barrier to accepting bets.
Posted: June 8th, 2018 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Monmouth County News, New Jersey | Tags: Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin, Dennis Drazin, Governor Phil Murphy, Monmouth County News, Monmouth Park, New Jersey, NJ Sports Betting, NJ State Budget, Oceanport, Senate President Steve Sweeney, Senator Declan O'Scanlon, Senator Vin Gopal | 3 Comments »