Sports Betting

"I think a billion dollars is going to be the floor, at least until the Super Bowl," said Roger Gros, publisher of Global Gaming Business magazine.

A pair of polls from July and September found more opponents than supporters of a plan to expand sports betting to include New Jersey-based college sports.

A bill that would allow fixed-odds betting on horse races, rather than the traditional pari-mutuel wagering, awaits action on Gov. Phil Murphy's desk.

Sports betting in New Jersey includes collegiate sports – but not on Jersey-based college teams or NCAA games played in the state.

The Garden State is the capital of sports wagering in the United States.

With sports betting now legal in Jersey, some worry Super Bowl wagering could spiral out of control.

Borgata Casino Hotel & Spa is building a new destination bar, with a summer debut in mind. The bar follows Borgata's historic A.C. lead on legal sports betting.

Attendance and wagering increases at Monmouth Park, combined with strong July numbers at Meadowlands Racetrack, have raised the perception that sports betting would be a positive for New Jersey.

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Supporters of sports gambling were happy yesterday as the U.S. Supreme Court threw out a federal ban on sports betting and opened the door for New Jersey to begin sports betting operations here in the Garden State. Initially it will be confined to Casinos and Racetracks.