New Jersey’s Meadowlands to begin taking sports bets
Meadowlands Racetrack in New Jersey is to begin accepting sports bets from July after the US state this month legalised full sports wagering.
New Jersey recently became the second state to launch a regulated sports betting service in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the federal 1992 Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) earlier this year.
On June 14, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy placed the state's first legal sports wagers as betting went live at Monmouth Park, while the Borgata in Atlantic City is also accepting bets.
Meadowlands is now looking to join the regulated market and, according to the NJgamblingsites.com website, has set a target launch date of July 15.
The racetrack has already brokered a partnership with Betfair US ahead of the planned launch.
Jeff Gural, owner and chief executive of Meadowlands, said that the failure of neighbouring New York to pass sports betting this year will boost business at the racetrack.
“New York did me such a favour by not passing sports betting; they gave me a tremendous gift,” Gural told the Associated Press.
“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.”
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