sports betting

Despite a move from the U.S. Supreme Court that reinforces the federal ban on sports betting in New Jersey, a state lawmaker claims the fight isn't over "until the fat lady sings."

The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to decide by June 23 if it will hear New Jersey’s case asking for the federal ban on sports betting to be lifted in the Garden State. A top ranking lawmaker who has been spearheading the state’s efforts to legalize sports gaming said regardless of the high court’s decision, New Jersey will be legally taking sports bets by the NFL’s opening weekend.

The NCAA men's college basketball championship tournament tips off in earnest today so let the betting begin. Billions of dollars will be wagered before a champ is crowned, but New Jersey won't see any financial benefits, since sports betting is still illegal in the Garden State as a court battle to legalize it continues.

By this time, New Jersey figured it would be raking in the bets on professional and college sports.

New Jersey is swinging for the fences in its last ditch effort to overturn a federal ban on sports betting in all but four states.

New Jersey has already spent nearly $2.5 million on attorneys' fees in its fight to legalize sports betting at casinos and racetracks in the Garden State. That figure has some critics balking, but the influential state lawmaker who has been spearheading the sports wagering effort calls the expenditure an investment.

New Jersey is doubling down on an appeals court that recently ruled against the state's push for sports betting.

New Jersey is appealing a recent federal court decision to block legalized sports betting in the state.

A three-member federal Court of Appeals has upheld an earlier ruling saying that the Garden State's sports betting law stands in violation of federal statute.

The NFL season is in full swing and the World Series is right around the corner, but New Jerseyans who want to place sports bets still can't do it legally in the Garden State. The state is waging a battle in the courts seeking to legalize sports betting in Atlantic City's casinos and at racetracks. A decision is expected soon.