How Donald Trump Could Help Legalize Sports Betting

[edjr 5,567]

http://www.foxbusiness.com/features/2017/01/13/how-donald-trump-could-help-legalize-sports-betting.html

 

 

 

 

Casino industry lobbyists are betting that President-elect Donald Trump’s history as a casino magnate and opportunistic businessman is the key to reversing the decades-old federal ban on sports betting.

Wagering on sports has effectively been illegal since 1992, when the federal government passed the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act, or PAPSA. At present, only four states – Nevada, Delaware, Oregon and Montana – are allowed to offer sports betting.

The case for a legalized sports betting industry subject to taxation and federal or state regulation has strengthened in recent years, due in large part to public support from prominent figures like NBA Commissioner Adam Silver. Advocates are calling for Trump, with his background as a casino owner in Las Vegas and Atlantic City, to add his voice to the debate.

“We are entering a perfect storm of interests among broadcasters, among owners of individual sports teams, we have what’s clearly been 25 years of a failed law,” Geoff Freeman, president and CEO of the American Gaming Association, told FOXBusiness.com. “And now we have a president who is quoted as recently as a about year ago on [FOX Sports radio host] Colin Cowherd’s show talking about the failed law that we have today and the benefits of regulation. I think we have everything coming together to support a regulated environment.”

 

 

 

Hopefully online poker too!

 

 

[BLS 313]

There's no reason not to. Everybody does it anyway. Might as well create jobs and gain taxes from it.

[WhiteWonder 2,172]

online poker is legal in NJ. I havn't played poker in many years though. At the Casino yesterday, I really wanted to give it a try but I didn't want to be the idiot at the table who forgets what beats what or forgets how betting works if I was at a limit table. Seriously, it's been that long

[edjr 5,567]

online poker is legal in NJ. I havn't played poker in many years though. At the Casino yesterday, I really wanted to give it a try but I didn't want to be the idiot at the table who forgets what beats what or forgets how betting works if I was at a limit table. Seriously, it's been that long

 

if I didn't play till I was 80, I'd still remember how

[patweisers44 697]

online poker is legal in NJ. I havn't played poker in many years though. At the Casino yesterday, I really wanted to give it a try but I didn't want to be the idiot at the table who forgets what beats what or forgets how betting works if I was at a limit table. Seriously, it's been that long

 

 

 

if I didn't play till I was 80, I'd still remember how

That would be awesome schtick. Sit down at a poker table in Vegas and whip out the "What beats What" card and lay it on the table. "Your flush beats my straight you say? " <consults card> "well, sir, you are correct!"

[edjr 5,567]

 

 

That would be awesome schtick. Sit down at a poker table in Vegas and whip out the "What beats What" card and lay it on the table. "Your flush beats my straight you say? " <consults card> "well, sir, you are correct!"