FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 14, 2018
Washington, DC- Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) released the following statement on the Supreme Court’s repeal of The Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992, which will allow New Jersey to legalize sports betting.
“The Supreme Court’s ruling is a win for New Jersey and the rest of the country. PASPA was clearly unconstitutional, and the ban on sports betting has now rightfully been rejected by the Court. I have long believed that New Jersey should have the opportunity to proceed with sports betting. Now that the Supreme Court has struck down this unlawful and confusing law, it is time for Congress to move the GAME Act forward to ensure that consumer protections are in place in any state that decides to implement sports betting.”
Last year Congressman Pallone introduced the GAME Act, which allows states to legalize sports betting and online gambling if appropriate consumer protections are also in place. The GAME Act would provide states with the legal framework to adopt sports betting at their discretion.
Congressman Pallone has long advocated for the repeal of PAPSA and giving states the opportunity to legalize sports betting. In September 2017 he filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of the Petitioners in the case – the State of New Jersey and the New Jersey Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association, Inc. In that brief Pallone stated, “By ordering New Jersey to maintain prohibitions on sports gambling that its State legislature has considered and repealed before, Congress is coercing the State of New Jersey to govern according to Congress’s instructions. As this form of coercion is unconstitutional pursuant to the guarantees to the States in the form of the Tenth Amendment, this court should hold that PASPA is unconstitutional.”
Congressman Pallone has also been an advocate for Monmouth Park to have the opportunity to offer sports betting.
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