新泽西的立法者早已开始改变美国博彩行业的运作模式，现在他们着眼于开拓博彩业的新纪元，在通过一项准许在线赌场经营的法案后，新泽西立法者现在开始考虑他们的在线体育博彩。
曾经对新泽西博彩业扩张设想不感冒的州长克里斯.克里斯蒂，因为来自全美的批评声而敞开了博彩业扩张的大门。虽然许多州赞成现行的关于体育博彩的禁令，NFL也多次公开表示反对就他们的比赛结果进行赌博，但这些都没有使新泽西改变立场。
州长克里斯蒂表示“我们打算进行下去，如果有人想阻止我们，就让他们去试试阻止我们吧，我们会按照赌城和赛马的模式来发展体育博彩，我是否担心一些人通过合法途径来反对和阻止我们的尝试？是的，但是我有足够的信心相信我们会成功的。”
早在1991年，美国政府就通过了一项关于禁止体育博彩的法案，当时，联邦立法机构给各州立法者一个时间考虑是否不接受此项法案，只有俄勒冈、蒙大拿、内华达和特拉华选择退出。现在，随着体育博彩发展成为一项日进斗金的产业，许多州表示有兴趣发展有管控的体育博彩。
美国司法部尚未对新泽西的体育博彩计划发表意见，但是从去年开始他们在博彩方面的立场已经有所松动，司法部就1961年的相关法案发表了司法解释，原本，人们认为所有的在线赌博都是非法的，但司法部的司法解释明确只有体育博彩是违法的。
联邦立法者在体育博彩问题上一直保持沉默，但是表达了他们关于在线博彩的意图，随着发展在线扑克逐步成为复苏经济的一个重要措施，几项在全美终止在线博彩禁令的议案正在酝酿中。
将于2014年在新泽西举办超级碗的NFL已经就新泽西的计划作出了回应，NEL官方表示不管新泽西是否增加有管制的体育博彩，超级碗仍将在该州的梅多兰兹体育场举行。
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Sports Betting Advances In New Jersey Raising Questions Around US
New Jersey lawmakers have already started to change the way the gambling industry operates in the US, and now they are looking to take the country into a new era of gambling. After passing a bill to bring online casinos to the state, New Jersey lawmakers are now setting their sites on sports betting.
Governor Chris Christie, who has been lukewarm to the idea of gambling expansion in New Jersey, has opened the door for criticism from around the US, Many states are in favor of the current prohibition on sports betting, and the NFL has come out on many occasions against betting on their sport. That has not deterred New Jersey from their position.
”We intend to go forward,” said Governor Christie. “If someone wants to stop us, then let them try to stop us. We want to work with the casinos and horse racing industry to get it (sports betting) implemented. Am I expecting there may be legal action taken against us to try and prevent it? Yes. But I have every confidence we’re going to be successful.”
Back in 1991, the US created a law that prohibited sports betting in the country. At the time, federal lawmakers gave state legislators a period where they could opt out of the law. Only Oregon, Montana, Nevada, and Delaware opted out. Now, with sports betting becoming a billion dollar business, several states have expressed an interest in adding regulated sports books.
The Department of Justice has not yet commented on New Jersey’s sports betting plan, but they have loosened their own stance on gambling last year. The DoJ issued an opinion last Fall that clarified the 1961 Wire Act. Originally, it had been assumed that all forms of gambling were illegal on the Internet, but the DoJ clarification stated that only sports betting is illegal under the law.
Federal lawmakers have been mum on the sports betting issue, but have made their intentions known regarding the future of online gambling. Several bills are in the works that would end online gambling prohibition in the US, with the hope that online poker will become an important tool in the economic recovery of the country.
The NFL has already had to answer questions regarding New Jersey’s plan, as the Super Bowl is set to be hosted in the state in 2014. Officials for the league stated that regardless of whether New Jersey adds regulated sports betting or not, the Super Bowl will remain at Met Life Stadium in the state.