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Thursday 26 OcTOber 2017

The Trump

Administration Turner and Taylor hit HRs in L.A.’s Series opener win

sides with
NFL in sports

betting case

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — The
Trump administration is
siding with professional
sports leagues in their op-
position to allowing New
Jersey to offer sports bet-
ting, while Republican
Gov. Chris Christie is call-
ing the leagues “hypo-
crites” for opposing bet-
ting while having teams in
Las Vegas.
The solicitor general’s of-
fice filed a brief with the
U.S. Supreme Court this
week supporting the
leagues ahead of argu-
ments scheduled for Dec.
4.Christie’s administration
is challenging a 1992 fed- `TURNER-
eral law that bans gam-
bling on sports in all but
four states. Christie sees
sports betting as a way
to boost New Jersey’s
casino and race track
industries.In an interview
Tuesday on HBO’s “Real ROUND’
Sports with Bryant Gum-
bel,” Christie said the
leagues “no longer have
moral ground” after the
Vegas Golden Knights
started playing in the Na-
tional Hockey League
this season and the NFL’s
Oakland Raiders are set
to move there in 2019.
“They say because we
have the Giants and
the Jets and the Dev-
ils that somehow we
shouldn’t be allowed to
have gambling here be-
cause somehow it will
threaten the integrity of
the game,” Christie said. Los Angeles Dodgers’ Justin
“Well, you kidding? How Turner, right, celebrates his two-
isn’t it threatening the in- run home run with Chris Taylor
tegrity of the game in Las against the Houston Astros
Vegas for the NHL and during the sixth inning of Game
the NFL?”Christie said the 1 of baseball’s World Series
leagues “picked this fight, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017, in Los
not me.” Angeles.
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