Could legal sports betting launch in New Jersey by Memorial Day?
Monmouth Park CEO Dennis Drazin certainly hopes so and has targeted May 28 as the day the Oceanport track’s William Hill Sports Bar can be converted back into a sportsbook and take the state’s first legal sports bet.
On Monday, the US Supreme Court released its heavily anticipated decision in the state’s sports betting case. In a 6-3 vote, the court deemed the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) unconstitutional and upheld a 2014 New Jersey law allowing sports betting in Atlantic City casinos and racetracks across the state.