ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Legal sports betting could be offered in 32 states within five years if the U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of New Jersey's quest to offer such gambling, according to a new report.
Eilers & Krejcik Gaming, which tracks state-by-state gambling legislation, said a new market would be worth more than $6 billion. If all 50 states got on board, legal sports betting could be worth $7.1 billion to $15.8 billion, they estimate.
Americans are already betting up to $60 billion annually using offshore sites and bookies, said Chris Grove, managing director for the firm. It's an industry that generates some $3 billion in revenue each year from U.S. customers.
"We estimate that a properly regulated market could be worth nearly five times that amount, resulting in a financial windfall for sports betting operators, sports leagues and media and state governments alike," Grove said.
His estimate of the illegal market does not include office pools
and "social" or "casual" bets among friends that are included in some other estimates of illegal gambling that peg the market two or three times higher.
Grove said the exact size of the opportunity hinges on how many states decide to offer sports betting and how willing they are to offer a product that can compete with the sizable, well-established black market for sports betting.
Responding to the report, David Schwartz, director of the Center for Gaming Research at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, estimated a smaller potential market of about $1.4 billion, assuming each state that currently has casino gambling opts to offer sports betting as well. He also said he does not see all 50 states offering sports betting, at least anytime soon due to entrenched opposition to gambling in a handful of states.
Assuming the high court rules in New Jersey's favor, Grove's firm predicted 14 states would offer sports betting within two years: Colorado; Connecticut; Delaware; Indiana; Massachusetts; Michigan; Mississippi; Montana; New Jersey; Ohio; Nevada; Pennsylvania; Virginia; and West Virginia.
Within five years, it predicted 18 more would join: Arizona; California; Idaho; Illinois; Iowa; Kansas; Kentucky; Louisiana; Maine; Maryland; Missouri; New York; North Carolina; North Dakota; Oklahoma; Vermont; Washington and Wyoming.
And within seven years, another dozen could offer it as well: Alabama; Arkansas; Florida; Georgia; Minnesota; Nebraska; New Hampshire; New Mexico; Oregon; Rhode Island; South Dakota and Wisconsin. The remaining states might never offer sports betting, the Eilers & Krejcik Gaming report predicted.
The company's estimates of when particular states might offer sports betting were determined by weighing questions including whether a state already has pending legislation, if there are Constitutional obstacles to expanding gambling, whether their gambling industry is united or divided, the general legislative attitude toward gambling as it exists now in a particular state and how badly a state needs extra money.
Major professional and collegiate sports leagues oppose New Jersey's effort to legalize sports betting, saying it would threaten the perceived integrity of the games.
New Jersey is taking aim at a law called the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992 that forbids state-authorized sports gambling in all but four states that met a 1991 deadline to legalize it: Delaware, Montana, Nevada and Oregon. Nevada is the only state to allow single-game wagering.
:00hour
Cash-hungry states betting Supreme Court will legalize sports gambling
by Adam Edelman / Feb.12.2018 / 4:19 AM ET
They have placed their bets.
From New York to California, lawmakers in at least 20 states are wagering that sports gambling could become legal by summer and are crafting legislation to make that happen within their borders.
The rush of action stems from a pending case before the Supreme Court ? Christie v. NCAA ? under which New Jersey, through a suit filed by then-Gov. Chris Christie, is seeking to strike down a federal law that prevents the state from allowing gambling on sports.
New Jersey has argued that the 1992 law ? the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act ? violates the 10th Amendment, which the Supreme Court has said prohibits federal laws that would compel states to carry out federal dictates.
The gambling law, the state argued, forces states to bar sports wagering. The act is unusual because it does not ban sports gambling nationwide. Instead, it says the states cannot permit it. A handful of states, including Nevada, were exempted from the law under a grandfather clause.
People wait in line to place bets at the Las Vegas Hotel and Casino Superbook. Steve Marcus / Las Vegas Sun via Reuters file
The justices are expected to decide the case by late June, but some states ? pointing to the oral arguments that they say indicate a possible favorable ruling ? aren't wasting time in setting up the legislative framework to seize on a decision that could effectively legalize sports gambling nationwide.
"Looking at the landscape, as far as this case, it seems like a good time to really move forward with this," said Indiana state Rep. Alan Morrison, whose proposal to pre-emptively authorize sports wagering ? on the contingency of a favorable Supreme Court ruling ? has been cited as a model across the U.S. of solid "if, then" sports betting legislation.
"We're not trying to buck existing federal law," said Morrison, a Republican, referring to HB 1325, which he wrote. "We just think we should be able to offer additional options at our facilities if it should become legal."
His bill authorizes sports wagering at casinos, racetracks, riverboats, "racinos" and satellite facilities, like state-sanctioned Off-track Betting operations, after the state gaming commission "determines that current federal prohibitions on sports wagering are no longer applicable." Morrison says his bill is the only one in the country written with the input of pro sports leagues, like the NBA.
The legislation also puts in motion measures to provide licensing and regulation for mobile sports wagering ? placing bets on sporting events through phone apps ? and provides guidance for legal monitoring, consumer protections and taxation. It contains a 1-percent tax proposal on bets on certain professional sports games that would go to the leagues to fund a framework to ensure that players and coaches aren't throwing games.
Exactly how such "integrity monitoring" would work hasn?t been explicitly defined. But league officials and state legislators suggested that leagues could be able to impose restrictions on the types of bets placed. Details are still being hammered out, but leagues could also be provided access to the data bookmakers use in making odds and spreads on games.
Pennsylvania and Connecticut enacted narrower measures contingently legalizing sports betting in late 2017.
And other states where lotteries or casinos or racing is legal, like Ohio and Kentucky, have proposed extending the authority of the existing commissions that oversee those activities to include sports betting ? and appear poised to move quickly this year if a favorable ruling comes down.
Last month, Kentucky state Sen. Julian Carroll, a Democrat, introduced a bill that seeks to authorize the state's Horse Racing Commission to oversee sports betting operations at its facilities. Like the Indiana proposal, Carroll's bill is written to "take effect only if the federal Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act is repealed by Congress or is rendered void by the United States Supreme Court."
Betting sheets for NASCAR, golf, boxing and MMA are stacked at the Race and Sports SuperBook at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino. Ethan Miller / Getty Images file
The bill is thought to have a good chance at passing both Kentucky chambers and being signed into law: Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin, a Republican, was one of three governors to sign a brief in the Christie v. NCAA case in support of New Jersey's position. State attorneys general from 18 states also signed briefs in the case.
Carroll, too, likes his odds.
"Everyone knows how it's going to turn out ? they're going to declare that law unconstitutional,? Carroll told NBC News, adding that his legislation would use the new revenues to help fund the state's indebted employee pension system and various education initiatives.
:0corn
Legislators in Minnesota, California, Illinois, Iowa, West Virginia, Maryland and New York are optimistic as well.
Last month, the New York state Senate's Racing, Gaming and Wagering Committee held a hearing designed to help build the proper statutory framework for such a law.
The hearings, closely watched in the gaming community, revealed that key actors on the business side of sports betting ? like Major League Baseball and the NBA, which for decades had been against the possibility of broader legal sports gambling ? want to be involved, too.
"We support the passage of a comprehensive sports betting bill that would serve as a model for a 50-state solution ? whether that happens in Congress or on a state-by-state basis," Dan Spillane, a senior vice president and assistant general counsel for the NBA, testified in January.
In a statement, Spillane said that the NBA supports any legislation that would legalize sports betting as long as it "includes comprehensive protections for the integrity of our sport."
That would include measures enforcing consumer protections, legal monitoring and creating a defined framework allowing for mobile betting that is tethered to individual casinos.
Gamblers bet on a variety of sporting events in the Sports Book, the betting lounge at the Mirage casino. James Marshall / Getty Images
However, some other major athletic organizations, like the NCAA, remain opposed. And the NFL has taken no official position.
The NCAA, which sued to put an end to New Jersey's push to legalize sports betting in the first place, has repeatedly said it could hurt the integrity of its games.
"The NCAA opposes all forms of legal and illegal sports wagering, which has the potential to undermine the integrity of sports contests and jeopardizes the welfare of student-athletes and the intercollegiate athletics community," the organization wrote on its site.
modder fugging colleges again the most fixed games occur here and they fucking say it hurts integreity of thier games wwwwwhoa bitches how many games were taken off the board becuse of suspected fixing of your games and lines adjusted because of known fixes occuring fuck you NCAA sports all of you fix games because YOU been paid to shave poiints
While the bills that have been written don't explicitly cite the leagues that would fall under the laws, officials in several states told NBC News that it's possible that betting on college sports might not be allowed or would be strictly limited.
Lawmakers, meanwhile, are ready to push forward.
Under a 2013 referendum, New York voters approved a state constitutional amendment that could expand gambling at new commercial casinos to include sports betting ? if it were to become legal.
State Sen. John Bonacic, chairman of the Racing, Gaming and Waging Committee, said that he came away from the hearings in his state feeling like the best option would be simply to draw a carbon copy of one of the places in the U.S. that he says already has "robust" consumer protections, monitoring, enforcement and a narrow framework for online sports betting.
"We want it to look like Vegas, frankly," the Republican legislator said. "They're the perfect model, obviously."
Sports betting bill tracker
Mar 9, 2018
Ryan RodenbergSpecial to ESPN.com
Sports betting is increasingly getting the attention of state lawmakers.
The uptick in legislative activity for traditional sports betting -- think point spreads, totals, money lines and prop bets -- follows dozens of states that have considered laws specifically permitting daily fantasy sports.
New state laws about sports betting had been largely dormant since the federal Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992 (PASPA) was enacted. For two decades, PASPA dissuaded states from legalizing sports betting. But that changed in 2012 when New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie signed legislation to permit Nevada-style sports gambling. The NCAA, NBA, NHL, MLB and NFL sued to stop New Jersey's plan. That lawsuit was accepted for review by the Supreme Court.
Full coverage of sports betting legalization
Where do we stand in the move toward the legalization of sports betting in the United States? Here is ESPN Chalk's one-stop shop of all relevant content, as we await to Supreme Court's ruling on the New Jersey case.
Despite the lawsuit, additional states have recently moved to introduce legislation that would legalize sports betting. Some of the proposals would only be activated if PASPA is repealed by Congress or overturned by the courts. Other proposals are direct affronts to PASPA and might result in additional litigation.
At the same time various state lawmakers are considering sports betting legislation, Congress is too. Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., introduced a "discussion draft" in early 2017 that would replace PASPA. Hearings on the bill have yet to be scheduled.
The dual track of proposals -- state and federal -- have increased in frequency since the start of 2017. Below is a synopsis of the newly proposed state laws, with updates to follow.
This file was updated on March 5, 2018.
California
In July 2017, Assembly Member Adam Gray introduced a constitutional amendment that would allow the state "to permit sports wagering only if a change in federal law occurs." The proposed amendment specifically refers to PASPA's federal sports betting ban being amended or repealed. "All other gaming activities in California are subject to regulations that ensure the safety of consumers," said Gray in a press release. "Sports wagering should be treated no differently."
Connecticut
In July 2017, Gov. Danell Malloy signed a bill that will allow the state to move quickly if the federal sports betting ban is overturned by the Supreme Court or repealed by Congress. The new Connecticut law allows state officials "to regulate wagering on sporting events to the extent permitted by state and federal law." The law designates the Department of Consumer Protection to oversee any new sports betting.
Illinois
In January 2018, a Senate bill called the "Sports Betting Consumer Protection Act" was introduced. The draft bill could "authorize sports betting or electronic sports betting by an electronic sports betting patron or sports betting facility patron." Also in January 2018, Rep. Lou Lang submitted a "shell" bill in Illinois. The work-in-progress bill intends to legalize sports betting in the state and would potentially be fleshed out later via the legislative process.
Indiana
One version of a January 2018 bill introduced in Indiana would allocate a 1 percent "integrity fee" to specific sports leagues based on handle. The bill also would require a 9.25 percent tax on sports betting-related revenue. Bill sponsor Alan Morrison -- a member of the Indiana House -- said the bill resulted after some input from the NBA and MLB. A different sports betting bill was introduced on the Senate side.
Iowa
A bill proposed in January 2018 would allow casinos and racetracks licensed in Iowa to offer sports betting on-site and possibly online. A February 2018 amendment to the proposed bill included language more favorable to certain sports leagues lobbying in the state.
Kansas
A proposed law "relating to sports gambling" was introduced January 2018. The bill would expand the purview of the Kansas lottery to sports betting involving "one or more competitive games in which amateur or professional athletes participate, or are intended to participate, or on one or more performances of such athletes in such games."
Kentucky
In 2017, a sports betting bill was filed in the Kentucky legislature with regulatory authority granted to the horse racing commission. The bill would take effect only if the partial federal sports betting ban in PASPA was deemed to allow such state-level bills.
Louisiana
A new House bill "authorizes additional games and sports betting at eligible live horse racing facilities." The new legislation introduced in March 2018 is narrowly tailored and would only allow sports betting at the small number of land-based racinos already operating in the state.
Maryland
Maryland House Bill No. 989 was introduced on Feb. 9 and calls for the establishment of a task force to "study the implementation of sports gaming in the state." The draft legislation includes the allocation of a "sports gaming license" and the ability to accept wagers on sporting events if the bettor is at least 21 years of age. The proposed Maryland legislation would only come into effect if federal law allowed it.
MORE here :
Michigan
In 2017, legislation was introduced to amend the state's current gaming control law. Michigan's proposed bill would allow any holder of a casino license to "accept wagers on sporting events." The state's gaming board would be required to "promulgate rules to regulate the conduct of sports betting under this act."
Mississippi
According to Mississippi State Rep. Scott DeLano (R-Biloxi), language in a fantasy sports bill passed in the first half of 2017 would allow the state to offer legal sports betting if the federal ban is lifted.
"We did make modifications to Gaming Control Act that would allow for the Gaming Commission to regulate sports betting if it were ever to be overturned at the federal level," DeLano told the Sun Herald.
Missouri
In January 2018, Rep. Bart Korman introduced a new bill that would allow already-licensed riverboat casinos and daily fantasy companies to expand their offering to also include traditional sports betting.
New Jersey
In addition to the legislation passed in 2014 that is part of the long-running court case with the five sports leagues, New Jersey has also seen a "nuclear option" introduced. The 2017 proposal -- bent on getting around PASPA's ban -- would be a full repeal of "all NJ laws against sports betting," according to State Sen. Raymond Lesniak. A bill to "remove and repeal all State laws and regulations prohibiting and regulating the placement and acceptance ... of wagers on professional, collegiate, or amateur sport contests or athletic events" was subsequently introduced.
New York
On March 7, 2018, Sen. John J. Bonacic introduced comprehensive legislation that would address both in-person and mobile sports betting in New York. The 14-page bill -- S7900 -- includes detailed provisions about tax rates, consumer protection, bettor eligibility and restrictions on certain types of sports wagers. The bill would also establish a "sport betting integrity fund" and mechanisms for the payment of an integrity fee to sports leagues. The New York State Senate held an informational hearing on sports betting in January 2018.
Oklahoma
Pending legislation would allow the Oklahoma governor to expand the tribal-state compact and include "sports pools." The expansion would consist of "wagering on the outcome of one or more competitive games in which athletes participate, or on one or more performances of such athletes in such games where all bets are placed in a common pool or pot from which all player winnings, prizes and direct costs are paid." The proposed bill would only take effect if permitted by federal law.
Pennsylvania
In October 2017, Gov. Tom Wolf signed a new sports betting bill as part of a broad legislation push that included online poker and DFS. "My hope is that Pennsylvania will be positioned to offer sports betting sometime in 2018," said Rep. Rob Matzie -- the author of the new law -- after it was enacted. The new Pennsylvania law would only take effect if PASPA is struck down by the Supreme Court or Congress opts to repeal the federal law.
Rhode Island
In January 2018, five lawmakers in Rhode Island introduced draft legislation that would allow the "state to conduct sports wagering hosted by Twin River and the Tiverton gaming facility." The bill is narrow in scope, as it would permit sports betting in only two facilities. Rhode Island's lottery division would oversee any sports wagering allowed under the proposed law.
South Carolina
House Bill No. 3102 would amend South Carolina's Constitution to allow "sports betting on professional sports." Any betting would be "strictly" regulated and limited to "specified" areas. According to a court document from the now-resolved New York daily fantasy litigation involving DraftKings and FanDuel, South Carolina's current definition of gambling "includes betting money on the outcome of any 'game,' regardless of the skill involved in the game."
West Virginia
In 2017, a bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced a bill titled "Legalizing Sport Pool Betting." The legislation would allow the state's lottery commission "to promulgate legislative rules establishing sports betting." The bill also includes language indicating that is a direct affront to PASPA, finding that "federal law prohibiting sports betting in West Virginia is unconstitutional." Hearings were held in February 2018.
Eilers & Krejcik Gaming, which tracks state-by-state gambling legislation, said a new market would be worth more than $6 billion. If all 50 states got on board, legal sports betting could be worth $7.1 billion to $15.8 billion, they estimate.
Americans are already betting up to $60 billion annually using offshore sites and bookies, said Chris Grove, managing director for the firm. It's an industry that generates some $3 billion in revenue each year from U.S. customers.
"We estimate that a properly regulated market could be worth nearly five times that amount, resulting in a financial windfall for sports betting operators, sports leagues and media and state governments alike," Grove said.
His estimate of the illegal market does not include office pools
and "social" or "casual" bets among friends that are included in some other estimates of illegal gambling that peg the market two or three times higher.
Grove said the exact size of the opportunity hinges on how many states decide to offer sports betting and how willing they are to offer a product that can compete with the sizable, well-established black market for sports betting.
Responding to the report, David Schwartz, director of the Center for Gaming Research at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, estimated a smaller potential market of about $1.4 billion, assuming each state that currently has casino gambling opts to offer sports betting as well. He also said he does not see all 50 states offering sports betting, at least anytime soon due to entrenched opposition to gambling in a handful of states.
Assuming the high court rules in New Jersey's favor, Grove's firm predicted 14 states would offer sports betting within two years: Colorado; Connecticut; Delaware; Indiana; Massachusetts; Michigan; Mississippi; Montana; New Jersey; Ohio; Nevada; Pennsylvania; Virginia; and West Virginia.
Within five years, it predicted 18 more would join: Arizona; California; Idaho; Illinois; Iowa; Kansas; Kentucky; Louisiana; Maine; Maryland; Missouri; New York; North Carolina; North Dakota; Oklahoma; Vermont; Washington and Wyoming.
And within seven years, another dozen could offer it as well: Alabama; Arkansas; Florida; Georgia; Minnesota; Nebraska; New Hampshire; New Mexico; Oregon; Rhode Island; South Dakota and Wisconsin. The remaining states might never offer sports betting, the Eilers & Krejcik Gaming report predicted.
The company's estimates of when particular states might offer sports betting were determined by weighing questions including whether a state already has pending legislation, if there are Constitutional obstacles to expanding gambling, whether their gambling industry is united or divided, the general legislative attitude toward gambling as it exists now in a particular state and how badly a state needs extra money.
Major professional and collegiate sports leagues oppose New Jersey's effort to legalize sports betting, saying it would threaten the perceived integrity of the games.
New Jersey is taking aim at a law called the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992 that forbids state-authorized sports gambling in all but four states that met a 1991 deadline to legalize it: Delaware, Montana, Nevada and Oregon. Nevada is the only state to allow single-game wagering.
:00hour
Cash-hungry states betting Supreme Court will legalize sports gambling
by Adam Edelman / Feb.12.2018 / 4:19 AM ET
They have placed their bets.
From New York to California, lawmakers in at least 20 states are wagering that sports gambling could become legal by summer and are crafting legislation to make that happen within their borders.
The rush of action stems from a pending case before the Supreme Court ? Christie v. NCAA ? under which New Jersey, through a suit filed by then-Gov. Chris Christie, is seeking to strike down a federal law that prevents the state from allowing gambling on sports.
New Jersey has argued that the 1992 law ? the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act ? violates the 10th Amendment, which the Supreme Court has said prohibits federal laws that would compel states to carry out federal dictates.
The gambling law, the state argued, forces states to bar sports wagering. The act is unusual because it does not ban sports gambling nationwide. Instead, it says the states cannot permit it. A handful of states, including Nevada, were exempted from the law under a grandfather clause.
People wait in line to place bets at the Las Vegas Hotel and Casino Superbook. Steve Marcus / Las Vegas Sun via Reuters file
The justices are expected to decide the case by late June, but some states ? pointing to the oral arguments that they say indicate a possible favorable ruling ? aren't wasting time in setting up the legislative framework to seize on a decision that could effectively legalize sports gambling nationwide.
"Looking at the landscape, as far as this case, it seems like a good time to really move forward with this," said Indiana state Rep. Alan Morrison, whose proposal to pre-emptively authorize sports wagering ? on the contingency of a favorable Supreme Court ruling ? has been cited as a model across the U.S. of solid "if, then" sports betting legislation.
"We're not trying to buck existing federal law," said Morrison, a Republican, referring to HB 1325, which he wrote. "We just think we should be able to offer additional options at our facilities if it should become legal."
His bill authorizes sports wagering at casinos, racetracks, riverboats, "racinos" and satellite facilities, like state-sanctioned Off-track Betting operations, after the state gaming commission "determines that current federal prohibitions on sports wagering are no longer applicable." Morrison says his bill is the only one in the country written with the input of pro sports leagues, like the NBA.
The legislation also puts in motion measures to provide licensing and regulation for mobile sports wagering ? placing bets on sporting events through phone apps ? and provides guidance for legal monitoring, consumer protections and taxation. It contains a 1-percent tax proposal on bets on certain professional sports games that would go to the leagues to fund a framework to ensure that players and coaches aren't throwing games.
Exactly how such "integrity monitoring" would work hasn?t been explicitly defined. But league officials and state legislators suggested that leagues could be able to impose restrictions on the types of bets placed. Details are still being hammered out, but leagues could also be provided access to the data bookmakers use in making odds and spreads on games.
Pennsylvania and Connecticut enacted narrower measures contingently legalizing sports betting in late 2017.
And other states where lotteries or casinos or racing is legal, like Ohio and Kentucky, have proposed extending the authority of the existing commissions that oversee those activities to include sports betting ? and appear poised to move quickly this year if a favorable ruling comes down.
Last month, Kentucky state Sen. Julian Carroll, a Democrat, introduced a bill that seeks to authorize the state's Horse Racing Commission to oversee sports betting operations at its facilities. Like the Indiana proposal, Carroll's bill is written to "take effect only if the federal Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act is repealed by Congress or is rendered void by the United States Supreme Court."
Betting sheets for NASCAR, golf, boxing and MMA are stacked at the Race and Sports SuperBook at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino. Ethan Miller / Getty Images file
The bill is thought to have a good chance at passing both Kentucky chambers and being signed into law: Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin, a Republican, was one of three governors to sign a brief in the Christie v. NCAA case in support of New Jersey's position. State attorneys general from 18 states also signed briefs in the case.
Carroll, too, likes his odds.
"Everyone knows how it's going to turn out ? they're going to declare that law unconstitutional,? Carroll told NBC News, adding that his legislation would use the new revenues to help fund the state's indebted employee pension system and various education initiatives.
:0corn
Legislators in Minnesota, California, Illinois, Iowa, West Virginia, Maryland and New York are optimistic as well.
Last month, the New York state Senate's Racing, Gaming and Wagering Committee held a hearing designed to help build the proper statutory framework for such a law.
The hearings, closely watched in the gaming community, revealed that key actors on the business side of sports betting ? like Major League Baseball and the NBA, which for decades had been against the possibility of broader legal sports gambling ? want to be involved, too.
"We support the passage of a comprehensive sports betting bill that would serve as a model for a 50-state solution ? whether that happens in Congress or on a state-by-state basis," Dan Spillane, a senior vice president and assistant general counsel for the NBA, testified in January.
In a statement, Spillane said that the NBA supports any legislation that would legalize sports betting as long as it "includes comprehensive protections for the integrity of our sport."
That would include measures enforcing consumer protections, legal monitoring and creating a defined framework allowing for mobile betting that is tethered to individual casinos.
Gamblers bet on a variety of sporting events in the Sports Book, the betting lounge at the Mirage casino. James Marshall / Getty Images
However, some other major athletic organizations, like the NCAA, remain opposed. And the NFL has taken no official position.
The NCAA, which sued to put an end to New Jersey's push to legalize sports betting in the first place, has repeatedly said it could hurt the integrity of its games.
"The NCAA opposes all forms of legal and illegal sports wagering, which has the potential to undermine the integrity of sports contests and jeopardizes the welfare of student-athletes and the intercollegiate athletics community," the organization wrote on its site.
modder fugging colleges again the most fixed games occur here and they fucking say it hurts integreity of thier games wwwwwhoa bitches how many games were taken off the board becuse of suspected fixing of your games and lines adjusted because of known fixes occuring fuck you NCAA sports all of you fix games because YOU been paid to shave poiints
While the bills that have been written don't explicitly cite the leagues that would fall under the laws, officials in several states told NBC News that it's possible that betting on college sports might not be allowed or would be strictly limited.
Lawmakers, meanwhile, are ready to push forward.
Under a 2013 referendum, New York voters approved a state constitutional amendment that could expand gambling at new commercial casinos to include sports betting ? if it were to become legal.
State Sen. John Bonacic, chairman of the Racing, Gaming and Waging Committee, said that he came away from the hearings in his state feeling like the best option would be simply to draw a carbon copy of one of the places in the U.S. that he says already has "robust" consumer protections, monitoring, enforcement and a narrow framework for online sports betting.
"We want it to look like Vegas, frankly," the Republican legislator said. "They're the perfect model, obviously."
Sports betting bill tracker
Mar 9, 2018
Ryan RodenbergSpecial to ESPN.com
Sports betting is increasingly getting the attention of state lawmakers.
The uptick in legislative activity for traditional sports betting -- think point spreads, totals, money lines and prop bets -- follows dozens of states that have considered laws specifically permitting daily fantasy sports.
New state laws about sports betting had been largely dormant since the federal Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992 (PASPA) was enacted. For two decades, PASPA dissuaded states from legalizing sports betting. But that changed in 2012 when New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie signed legislation to permit Nevada-style sports gambling. The NCAA, NBA, NHL, MLB and NFL sued to stop New Jersey's plan. That lawsuit was accepted for review by the Supreme Court.
Full coverage of sports betting legalization
Where do we stand in the move toward the legalization of sports betting in the United States? Here is ESPN Chalk's one-stop shop of all relevant content, as we await to Supreme Court's ruling on the New Jersey case.
Despite the lawsuit, additional states have recently moved to introduce legislation that would legalize sports betting. Some of the proposals would only be activated if PASPA is repealed by Congress or overturned by the courts. Other proposals are direct affronts to PASPA and might result in additional litigation.
At the same time various state lawmakers are considering sports betting legislation, Congress is too. Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., introduced a "discussion draft" in early 2017 that would replace PASPA. Hearings on the bill have yet to be scheduled.
The dual track of proposals -- state and federal -- have increased in frequency since the start of 2017. Below is a synopsis of the newly proposed state laws, with updates to follow.
This file was updated on March 5, 2018.
California
In July 2017, Assembly Member Adam Gray introduced a constitutional amendment that would allow the state "to permit sports wagering only if a change in federal law occurs." The proposed amendment specifically refers to PASPA's federal sports betting ban being amended or repealed. "All other gaming activities in California are subject to regulations that ensure the safety of consumers," said Gray in a press release. "Sports wagering should be treated no differently."
Connecticut
In July 2017, Gov. Danell Malloy signed a bill that will allow the state to move quickly if the federal sports betting ban is overturned by the Supreme Court or repealed by Congress. The new Connecticut law allows state officials "to regulate wagering on sporting events to the extent permitted by state and federal law." The law designates the Department of Consumer Protection to oversee any new sports betting.
Illinois
In January 2018, a Senate bill called the "Sports Betting Consumer Protection Act" was introduced. The draft bill could "authorize sports betting or electronic sports betting by an electronic sports betting patron or sports betting facility patron." Also in January 2018, Rep. Lou Lang submitted a "shell" bill in Illinois. The work-in-progress bill intends to legalize sports betting in the state and would potentially be fleshed out later via the legislative process.
Indiana
One version of a January 2018 bill introduced in Indiana would allocate a 1 percent "integrity fee" to specific sports leagues based on handle. The bill also would require a 9.25 percent tax on sports betting-related revenue. Bill sponsor Alan Morrison -- a member of the Indiana House -- said the bill resulted after some input from the NBA and MLB. A different sports betting bill was introduced on the Senate side.
Iowa
A bill proposed in January 2018 would allow casinos and racetracks licensed in Iowa to offer sports betting on-site and possibly online. A February 2018 amendment to the proposed bill included language more favorable to certain sports leagues lobbying in the state.
Kansas
A proposed law "relating to sports gambling" was introduced January 2018. The bill would expand the purview of the Kansas lottery to sports betting involving "one or more competitive games in which amateur or professional athletes participate, or are intended to participate, or on one or more performances of such athletes in such games."
Kentucky
In 2017, a sports betting bill was filed in the Kentucky legislature with regulatory authority granted to the horse racing commission. The bill would take effect only if the partial federal sports betting ban in PASPA was deemed to allow such state-level bills.
Louisiana
A new House bill "authorizes additional games and sports betting at eligible live horse racing facilities." The new legislation introduced in March 2018 is narrowly tailored and would only allow sports betting at the small number of land-based racinos already operating in the state.
Maryland
Maryland House Bill No. 989 was introduced on Feb. 9 and calls for the establishment of a task force to "study the implementation of sports gaming in the state." The draft legislation includes the allocation of a "sports gaming license" and the ability to accept wagers on sporting events if the bettor is at least 21 years of age. The proposed Maryland legislation would only come into effect if federal law allowed it.
MORE here :
Michigan
In 2017, legislation was introduced to amend the state's current gaming control law. Michigan's proposed bill would allow any holder of a casino license to "accept wagers on sporting events." The state's gaming board would be required to "promulgate rules to regulate the conduct of sports betting under this act."
Mississippi
According to Mississippi State Rep. Scott DeLano (R-Biloxi), language in a fantasy sports bill passed in the first half of 2017 would allow the state to offer legal sports betting if the federal ban is lifted.
"We did make modifications to Gaming Control Act that would allow for the Gaming Commission to regulate sports betting if it were ever to be overturned at the federal level," DeLano told the Sun Herald.
Missouri
In January 2018, Rep. Bart Korman introduced a new bill that would allow already-licensed riverboat casinos and daily fantasy companies to expand their offering to also include traditional sports betting.
New Jersey
In addition to the legislation passed in 2014 that is part of the long-running court case with the five sports leagues, New Jersey has also seen a "nuclear option" introduced. The 2017 proposal -- bent on getting around PASPA's ban -- would be a full repeal of "all NJ laws against sports betting," according to State Sen. Raymond Lesniak. A bill to "remove and repeal all State laws and regulations prohibiting and regulating the placement and acceptance ... of wagers on professional, collegiate, or amateur sport contests or athletic events" was subsequently introduced.
New York
On March 7, 2018, Sen. John J. Bonacic introduced comprehensive legislation that would address both in-person and mobile sports betting in New York. The 14-page bill -- S7900 -- includes detailed provisions about tax rates, consumer protection, bettor eligibility and restrictions on certain types of sports wagers. The bill would also establish a "sport betting integrity fund" and mechanisms for the payment of an integrity fee to sports leagues. The New York State Senate held an informational hearing on sports betting in January 2018.
Oklahoma
Pending legislation would allow the Oklahoma governor to expand the tribal-state compact and include "sports pools." The expansion would consist of "wagering on the outcome of one or more competitive games in which athletes participate, or on one or more performances of such athletes in such games where all bets are placed in a common pool or pot from which all player winnings, prizes and direct costs are paid." The proposed bill would only take effect if permitted by federal law.
Pennsylvania
In October 2017, Gov. Tom Wolf signed a new sports betting bill as part of a broad legislation push that included online poker and DFS. "My hope is that Pennsylvania will be positioned to offer sports betting sometime in 2018," said Rep. Rob Matzie -- the author of the new law -- after it was enacted. The new Pennsylvania law would only take effect if PASPA is struck down by the Supreme Court or Congress opts to repeal the federal law.
Rhode Island
In January 2018, five lawmakers in Rhode Island introduced draft legislation that would allow the "state to conduct sports wagering hosted by Twin River and the Tiverton gaming facility." The bill is narrow in scope, as it would permit sports betting in only two facilities. Rhode Island's lottery division would oversee any sports wagering allowed under the proposed law.
South Carolina
House Bill No. 3102 would amend South Carolina's Constitution to allow "sports betting on professional sports." Any betting would be "strictly" regulated and limited to "specified" areas. According to a court document from the now-resolved New York daily fantasy litigation involving DraftKings and FanDuel, South Carolina's current definition of gambling "includes betting money on the outcome of any 'game,' regardless of the skill involved in the game."
West Virginia
In 2017, a bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced a bill titled "Legalizing Sport Pool Betting." The legislation would allow the state's lottery commission "to promulgate legislative rules establishing sports betting." The bill also includes language indicating that is a direct affront to PASPA, finding that "federal law prohibiting sports betting in West Virginia is unconstitutional." Hearings were held in February 2018.
