sports gambling

Eighty-six gamblers in New Jersey thought they'd found the Holy Grail of sports betting: being able to bet on a game that had already ended

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- The fight over legalized sports gambling in New Jersey returned to a federal appeals court Tuesday, where attorneys for the state and the country's major sports leagues spent nearly an hour parsing language in a decades-old federal statute and in recent court rulings.

Authorities in Northern New Jersey say they've taken down a major sports betting ring in New York and New Jersey.

New Jersey's bid to legalize sports gambling has endured defeat after defeat in the courts, but one big winner has emerged, at taxpayer expense - the law firm hired to help Gov. Chris Christie defend a lawsuit filed by the four major pro sports leagues and the NCAA.

Gov. Chris Christie says he isn't throwing in the towel in the fight to legalize sports gambling in New Jersey.