Editorial: New York should legalize sports betting

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The state’s abject failure to define the parameters for legalized sports wagering has many consequences — and, oddly, you apparently can count bridge traffic among them.

In a peculiar story, The Associated Press conveyed how one Staten Island man runs his business by crossing over to New Jersey, where sports gambling is legal, pulls over and logs into a mobile account. He then places his bets and returns home. The Garden State, in fact, is capitalizing far more broadly, as many New Yorkers can easily cross the border, whether by bridge, tunnel or land, to place the bets that they like.

In an earlier story, Jeff Gural, who manages the northern New Jersey track, told The AP, “New York did me such a favor by not passing sports betting. That leaves me the entirety of New York City, Long Island, Westchester County. There are 15 million people that live within 20 miles of the Meadowlands. They gave me a tremendous gift.”

When Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers get back to business next year, they should rectify this problem pronto.

Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states can regulate sports wagering if Congress elects not to do so. New Jersey has reasonably challenged the ban, pointing out that such wagering is allowed in Nevada and Delaware. New York had no reason to delay, particularly when you consider state voters already had given their blessing to allow casinos to operate sports books if federal law changed — or if the court ruled such activities as lawful. New York voters made that decision about five years ago when they approved a state constitutional amendment, allowing casino operations to expand beyond sovereign Native American land.

Regardless, New York lawmakers decided to delay addressing the sports wagering issue this past legislative session. Perhaps that was just the easiest decision to make, considering November elections were coming. Legalized sports betting has its critics; there are undeniable concerns about gambling addiction and the emotional and financial toll that can take on people and families. The same holds true for legalizing casino gambling. But supporters counter that legalizing sports gambling not only will strengthen the state’s casino industry and the jobs it creates, it will bring this popular form of betting out in the open, making it a regulated, legitimate and taxable operation.

Three good reasons for the state to act sooner rather than later, especially since, once again, it is losing revenue to a neighboring state.





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I wonder what kind of influence, if any, does the mob hold on politics in NY? We all know football & sports betting is the bread & butter of mob money, so makes you think why NY hadn't legalized it yet......NJ thanks NY for this.
 

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