At the request of the NFL, NCAA and other major sports leagues, a judge
blocked sports gambling in New Jersey.
"After a week of rapid-fire legal filings, Judge Michael Shipp ruled the
sports leagues would suffer irreparable harm if thoroughbred track
Monmouth Park began accepting sports bets Sunday as planned."
How?
"Before it's over, the Department of Justice also could weigh in. For
now, though, the NCAA, NFL, NBA, NHL and MLB have stopped bettors from
legally wagering on their games in New Jersey."
Why? What do they gain? It seems to me, the more people who bet on sports, the better for the leagues.
"Monmouth Park has spent the last month and a half preparing to turn
its sport bar and restaurant into a sportsbook. It has hired employees
and formed an independent regulation committee, the Independent Sports
Association.
The park was expecting thousands of bettors to attend Sunday."
The ruling unequivocally harmed those guys.
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