New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine feels banning sports betting is unconstitutional and will file a brief supporting an old lawsuit to make it legal, according to ESPN.com. The filing is expected as early as next week.
In 1992, New Jersey State Senator Ray Lesniak filed a lawsuit claiming the 1992 Professional Amateur Sports Protection Act is unconstitutional, but he has encountered opposition from all sides during the past two decades. Lesniak and Corzine want to bring sports gambling back and believe the state could earn $100 million from revenue.
New Jersey’s neighboring states all have some kind of gambling, and state officials feel the lack of sports betting is swaying tourists away from a state that features Atlantic City. Delaware governor Jack Markell also has proposed reinstating sports betting in his state, which might have motivated Corzine in his move.
