"For most of modern American history, sports betting outside of Nevada was prohibited under the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act, known as PASPA. Passed by Congress in 1992, PASPA effectively banned states from authorizing or licensing sports wagering."
"On May 14, 2018, the United States Supreme Court struck down PASPA in a landmark decision in Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association. The ruling gave individual states the authority to legalize and regulate sports betting as they saw fit."
"New Jersey moved faster than any other state to capitalize on the Supreme Court ruling. Within weeks of the decision, the state had launched retail sports betting operations. Online and mobile betting followed shortly after as operators rushed to go live."
"The first legal online sports bet in the United States is widely credited to having been placed in New Jersey in August 2018, when DraftKings Sportsbook launched its mobile platform in the state."
The Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) banned sports betting outside Nevada for 26 years until the Supreme Court struck it down in 2018. This ruling empowered states to regulate sports betting. New Jersey quickly launched retail and online sports betting, with DraftKings Sportsbook credited for the first legal online bet in August 2018. New Jersey's role as a lead plaintiff in the PASPA case made it a pivotal state in the evolution of legal sports betting in America.
Read at Bleacher Nation
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]