{"id":43710,"date":"2017-01-12T15:00:09","date_gmt":"2017-01-12T23:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=43710"},"modified":"2017-01-12T18:22:12","modified_gmt":"2017-01-13T02:22:12","slug":"new-york-south-carolina-introduce-sports-betting-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/new-york-south-carolina-introduce-sports-betting-bills\/","title":{"rendered":"New York, South Carolina Introduce Sports Betting Bills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">New York and South Carolina both introduced bills seeking to legalize sports betting this week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In New York, a bill sponsored by Senator\u00a0Tony Avella (D-19th), and co-sponsored by four of his Democratic colleagues in the Senate, would authorize \u201cgambling on professional sporting events and athletic events sponsored by universities or colleges.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_43713\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43713\" data-style=\"width: 680px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-43713\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/01-26-16_806-04-0560.jpg\" alt=\"New York, South Carolina Sports Betting Bills \" width=\"680\" height=\"510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/01-26-16_806-04-0560.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/01-26-16_806-04-0560-142x107.jpg 142w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><figcaption  id=\"caption-attachment-43713\"class=\"text-description\">New York State Senator Tony Avella has introduced a bill to authorize and regulate sports betting, the proceeds of which would be exclusively used to fund education. But without a positive result for New Jersey in the Supreme Court, it is unlikely to see the light of day. (Image: The New York State Senate)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\">Sports betting would be permitted to take place only at thoroughbred and harness racetracks operating in the state, as well as casinos and \u201csimulcast theaters operated by off-track betting corporations.\u201d It demands that proceeds from sports betting be applied exclusively to education.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"main-blockquote\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>It should be noted that Avella has introduced similar bills in the past, to no avail. But there is a growing interest in sports betting in the New York legislature.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><b>All Eyes on New Jersey<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">Last year, Assemblyman Gary Pretlow (D-89th), Chairman of the Assembly Racing Committee, declared himself a \u201cbeliever in legalizing sports betting.&#8221; Last year Pretlow co-sponsored the state\u2019s successful DFS legislation and is now willing to turn his attention to sports betting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Speaking at the end of last year, Pretlow said he is prepared, in 2017, to challenge the Professional and Amateur Sports Betting Act 1992 (PASPA), the legislation that prohibits sports betting on a federal level, and is expected to introduce a sports betting of his own bill soon.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><b>South Carolina Bill<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">Meanwhile, in South Carolina, Representative\u00a0Todd Rutherford\u2019s H3102 is a wider gambling expansion bill which includes the authorisation of sports betting, among casino gaming and horse race betting. Rutherford, too, has presented similar bills in the past without success.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In fact, neither of these bills have much of a chance unless the Supreme Court agrees to hear <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/atlantic-city-casinos-gladly-bid-adieu-trump-taj-mahal\">New Jersey\u2019s<\/a> appeal of a Third Circuit August ruling, which blocked its attempt to legalize sport betting solely at its casinos and racetracks.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"main-blockquote\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Attorneys general of five states, West Virginia, Arizona, Louisiana, Mississippi and Wisconsin, have filed amicus briefs in support of New Jersey\u2019s plight, as a growing number of states increasingly see PASPA as a states\u2019 rights issue.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><b>Supreme Court Appeal<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/sports-betting-repeal-could-soon-get-an-act-of-congress\">PASPA<\/a> specifically prohibits the \u201cauthorization\u201d of sports betting, but New Jersey argued that nothing prevents it from simply not enforcing the prohibition. But the Third Circuit ruled that the partial repeal (ie, permitting it only at casinos and racetracks) amounted to authorization because a true repeal would surely legalize it everywhere.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cIf the federal government can turn their head and say to the people of Colorado recreational marijuana, although still recognized by the feds to be a crime, is allowed to be legal in Colorado because the state decided it\u2019s so, then they should equally respect New Jersey and its people who have changed the constitution to say we want to be able to bet on sporting events in a legal environment,\u201d said New Jersey Assemblyman John Burzichelli (D-3rd) told KYW Newsradio recently.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York and South Carolina both introduced bills seeking to legalize sports betting this week. In New York, a bill sponsored by Senator\u00a0Tony Avella (D-19th), and co-sponsored by four of his Democratic colleagues in the Senate, would authorize \u201cgambling on professional sporting events and athletic events sponsored by universities or colleges.\u201d Sports betting would be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":43713,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,16,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>New York, South Carolina Introduce Sports Betting Bills<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"New York State and South Carolina join New Jersey sports betting fight as clamor grows to repeal PASPA.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New York, South Carolina Introduce Sports Betting Bills\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"New York State and South Carolina join New Jersey sports betting fight as clamor grows to repeal PASPA.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/new-york-south-carolina-introduce-sports-betting-bills\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Casino.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Casino.OrgNews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-01-12T23:00:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-01-13T02:22:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/01-26-16_806-04-0560.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"680\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"510\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Casino.org Staff Writer\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Casino_Org\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Casino_Org\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Casino.org Staff Writer\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/new-york-south-carolina-introduce-sports-betting-bills\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/new-york-south-carolina-introduce-sports-betting-bills\/\",\"name\":\"New York, South Carolina Introduce Sports Betting Bills\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/new-york-south-carolina-introduce-sports-betting-bills\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/new-york-south-carolina-introduce-sports-betting-bills\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/01-26-16_806-04-0560.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-01-12T23:00:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-01-13T02:22:12+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8c48bf89dc86da77b4d856c7b3b78d77\"},\"description\":\"New York State and South Carolina join New Jersey sports betting fight as clamor grows to repeal PASPA.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/new-york-south-carolina-introduce-sports-betting-bills\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/new-york-south-carolina-introduce-sports-betting-bills\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/new-york-south-carolina-introduce-sports-betting-bills\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/01-26-16_806-04-0560.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/01-26-16_806-04-0560.jpg\",\"width\":680,\"height\":510,\"caption\":\"New York State Senator Tony Avella has introduced a bill to authorize and regulate sports betting, the proceeds of which would be exclusively used to fund education. 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