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Sports Betting recorded.

No one really knows how
Continued from Page 17 Already there’s a sports much is bet illegally in off-
book in waiting at the Mon- shore betting parlors, but it
There are a number of dif- mouth Park race track in likely dwarfs those figures.
ferent rulings the court New Jersey, where betting It’s a far cry from the 1970s,
could make that range giant William Hill is betting when Vaccaro went to the
from leaving things as they on a big payout should state capital to help get
are — with Nevada the New Jersey win the court a license for the first sports
only state where single bets case. book located inside a ca-
can be made — to scrap- It’s not hard to imagine sino.
ping the 1992 federal law MGM Resorts Inc. — which “They had a page and a
and allowing any state that operates sports books half of rules and regula-
wants sports betting to get along the Las Vegas Strip tions,” Vaccaro recalled.
in on the action. — quickly opening a big “Now the regulations are
But it’s becoming increas- book at its Borgata resort the size of a bible.”
ingly clear that there is a in Atlantic City if given the People stand in line to enter the Supreme Court where a case Those regulations ensure
seismic shift underway in the chance. on sports betting is being heard, Monday, Dec. 4, 2017, in that bettors always get a
sports betting landscape, And it’s not hard to envi- Washington. fair shake at the betting
something that amazes sion a day when Giants or Associated Press window.
Vaccaro and others who Jets fans stop at a sports a call for new federal legis- this gambling city, with a They also ensure that if
have spent years trying to book on the way to the lation, their focus is shifting Super Bowl probably not far anyone is trying to pull a
dispel the perception there Meadowlands to put $100 from fighting sports betting behind. When the Raiders fast one and fix a game,
is something shady about on their favorite team — or to finding a way to profit open play in 2020, anyone the bookies are the first
making a wager or two on maybe bet at the stadium from it. with a smartphone and ones to know.
a sports team. itself. It’s a far cry from just a few a betting account will be Thanks to those regula-
“At the very least we finally The major sports leagues years back when Roger able to sit in the team’s $1.8 tions, the Nevada sports
are getting other people are still formally in opposi- Goodell declared sports billion stadium and make a betting model has worked,
involved who are saying tion, as evidenced by their betting the biggest threat wager. probably better than any-
that this isn’t as bad as we role in fighting New Jersey’s to the NFL and the league Nearly $5 billion was bet on one ever expected.
thought it was,” Vaccaro. attempt to get sports bet- refused to let Las Vegas sports in Nevada last year, A nationwide model will
“Public opinion is changing ting. even advertise on the Su- and in October bettors wa- work, too, assuming the
and that is going to help But, with the NBA’s Adam per Bowl broadcast. gered $517 million — the Supreme Court opens the
us.” Silver leading the way with Now the NFL is coming to third highest monthly total way. You can bet on it.q