Sports Betting

Gov. Chris Christie and state senators will be in Washington for Monday's Supreme Court hearing on New Jersey's bid to legalize sports betting.

Millions of New Jerseyans will watch Super Bowl 50 between the Carolina Panthers and Denver Broncos, but some won't be enjoying the action. They'll be biting their nails over bets they placed on the game.

Do you want to bet on the Super Bowl - or any pro or college sports event - for more than office pool money? Two shore Congressional representatives think you do, and they've reintroduced their measures to legalize it.

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.

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 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.

As the major sports leagues and New Jersey spar in front of a federal appeals judge over the legality of sports betting in the state, two shore congressmen are pushing for similar legislation meant to get sports betting legalized in New Jersey on a federal level.

After a district court turned thumbs down on New Jersey's push to allow sports betting, an appeals court gets the case tomorrow.

If New Jersey wants to legalize sports betting, it should be allowed to and the federal government should not have a say in the matter.