Bill Bradley, Call Your Bookie: Judge Napolitano On Gambling Laws...

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I still don't get why gambling was deemed 'Criminal' by Government. If an adult Citizen wants to gamble, so be it. I don't see it as a Government issue.


Interesting article by Judge Andrew Napolitano

In 1992, Congress passed a statute authored by then- (D) Sen. Bill Bradley of New Jersey, who was a former Princeton University and New York Knicks basketball superstar, prohibiting the states from authorizing sports betting. At that time, gambling in Atlantic City was flourishing, and notwithstanding one of its own senators’ efforts to keep gambling away from competitive sports, the state of New Jersey wanted to duplicate Las Vegas’ success with sports betting.

When Bradley’s legislation grandfathered the state of Nevada, legislators in New Jersey came up with an idea to get around the federal legislation that would permit Atlantic City casinos to compete with those in Las Vegas by repealing all laws about sports betting, thereby escaping the federal prohibition on “authorizing” sports betting. It would be up to the casinos to set up their own betting parlors for college and professional sports, and in so doing, they could increase their own bottom lines and thus the state’s tax revenues.

When major professional sports leagues and the NCAA challenged this, a federal district court in Newark read the ‘thou shalt not authorize’ language to mean ‘thou shalt not permit under any circumstances.’ That ruling was upheld by a federal appeals court in Philadelphia, and New Jersey appealed its case to the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled in its favor earlier this week.

Get ready to call your bookie...

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I still don't get why gambling was deemed 'Criminal' by Government. If an adult Citizen wants to gamble, so be it. I don't see it as a Government issue.


Interesting article by Judge Andrew Napolitano

In 1992, Congress passed a statute authored by then- (D) Sen. Bill Bradley of New Jersey, who was a former Princeton University and New York Knicks basketball superstar, prohibiting the states from authorizing sports betting. At that time, gambling in Atlantic City was flourishing, and notwithstanding one of its own senators’ efforts to keep gambling away from competitive sports, the state of New Jersey wanted to duplicate Las Vegas’ success with sports betting.

When Bradley’s legislation grandfathered the state of Nevada, legislators in New Jersey came up with an idea to get around the federal legislation that would permit Atlantic City casinos to compete with those in Las Vegas by repealing all laws about sports betting, thereby escaping the federal prohibition on “authorizing” sports betting. It would be up to the casinos to set up their own betting parlors for college and professional sports, and in so doing, they could increase their own bottom lines and thus the state’s tax revenues.

When major professional sports leagues and the NCAA challenged this, a federal district court in Newark read the ‘thou shalt not authorize’ language to mean ‘thou shalt not permit under any circumstances.’ That ruling was upheld by a federal appeals court in Philadelphia, and New Jersey appealed its case to the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled in its favor earlier this week.

Get ready to call your bookie...

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Bill Bradley, Call Your Bookie - LewRockwell LewRockwell.com

I don't gamble, so maybe this is why, but...
I don't understand why the NCAA and professional sports leagues are opposed to legalized gambling. When Off Track Betting became legal in NY State, it cut off the Mob at the knees, at least in that area.

 

[Dschrute3]

I still don't get why gambling was deemed 'Criminal' by Government. If an adult Citizen wants to gamble, so be it. I don't see it as a Government issue.


Interesting article by Judge Andrew Napolitano

In 1992, Congress passed a statute authored by then- (D) Sen. Bill Bradley of New Jersey, who was a former Princeton University and New York Knicks basketball superstar, prohibiting the states from authorizing sports betting. At that time, gambling in Atlantic City was flourishing, and notwithstanding one of its own senators’ efforts to keep gambling away from competitive sports, the state of New Jersey wanted to duplicate Las Vegas’ success with sports betting.

When Bradley’s legislation grandfathered the state of Nevada, legislators in New Jersey came up with an idea to get around the federal legislation that would permit Atlantic City casinos to compete with those in Las Vegas by repealing all laws about sports betting, thereby escaping the federal prohibition on “authorizing” sports betting. It would be up to the casinos to set up their own betting parlors for college and professional sports, and in so doing, they could increase their own bottom lines and thus the state’s tax revenues.

When major professional sports leagues and the NCAA challenged this, a federal district court in Newark read the ‘thou shalt not authorize’ language to mean ‘thou shalt not permit under any circumstances.’ That ruling was upheld by a federal appeals court in Philadelphia, and New Jersey appealed its case to the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled in its favor earlier this week.

Get ready to call your bookie...

Read More:
Bill Bradley, Call Your Bookie - LewRockwell LewRockwell.com

I don't gamble, so maybe this is why, but...
I don't understand why the NCAA and professional sports leagues are opposed to legalized gambling. When Off Track Betting became legal in NY State, it cut off the Mob at the knees, at least in that area.

Good point. I say let the folks gamble. It isn't a 'Criminal Act.'