新泽西促使推动体育博彩合法化

　　新泽西特伦顿--新泽西也许很快快在陈述允许体育博彩合法化的短名单上加入内华达。

　　花园洲选民在11月将被要求批准争取体育博彩合法化的一个没有法律约束力的公民投票。实际的赌注不可能被接受，直到一个限制合法化体育博彩联邦政府法律被废止或颠覆。

　　莱斯维加斯体育博彩经营者说，颠覆联邦政府的禁令将会对商业有好处。合法的体育博彩被期待或形成200,000,000美元的大西洋城赌场的新收益。

　　“公民投票权是好的一件事”内华达17幸运赛和体育博彩总公司布兰迪万河博彩有限责任公司的董事长兼首席执行官John Asher说：“问题仍在于联邦政府的禁令。”

　　Asher说什么都不会改变，除非新泽西国家决定起诉联邦政府禁令。“然后这将变得更加有意义。”他说。

　　1992年，国会通过在所有国家禁止体育博彩，除了那些已经以一些形式允许了的专业和业余的体育博彩保护法案，俄勒冈州、蒙大纳以及特拉华州已经提供合法的体育博彩，这在传统上已经和国民彩票或他们操作的幻想游戏有关联。

　　Asher期待禁令被颠覆，因为“有太多钱是非法赚得的。”

　　新泽西赌场协会正说服选民批准这措施。

　　“这个11月的公民投票权如果通过，在持续颠覆联邦政府体育博彩禁令的过程中，将会提供重要的一步。”协会董事长兼娱乐胜地王牌公司的首席执行官Robert Griffin在声明里说：“如果公民投票权通过，以及如果联邦政府禁令随后推翻，合法的体育博彩将推动大西洋城和新泽西整个国家经济的繁荣发展。”

　　Griffin说体育博彩将使得大西洋城更好的竞争、发展以及投资在这个地区。

　　公民投票问新泽西是否想立法机关修改国家宪法，以便允许关于任何专业的、学院的、业余的运动或运动赛事的大西洋城赌场体育及赛马场体育博彩。

　　4月份的菲尔莱狄更斯大学的一个民意投票发现有53%的调查对象赞成体育博彩的合法化，而30%的人反对这个措施。

　　政治学者兼调查总监Pete Woolley说，他将在星期一就这个领域进行另一个遍及全州的调查。

　　“一如既往” Woolley说：“大多取决于调查露面的人，阅读投票底部印刷字体的人，以及了解这个问题的晦涩文字的人。”

　　2010年，内华达赌徒在体育赛事上下注超过27亿美元。

　　商业开发和公众事务高级副总统John English和美国博彩公司加入Asher支持同民投票权。

　　他说美国博彩数量中体育博彩合法化每年占1%到2%。剩下的98%或数百亿美元在美国或通过外国网站在线非法赌博。在内华达，美国博彩是77罗伊竞赛和体育博彩总公司和终端。

　　拉诶维加斯的内华达大学赌博研究中心的总监David G. Schwartz说，大西洋城合法的体育博彩将受益当地公司。

　　“他们已经有人力资本去经营体育博彩。”Schwartz说：“他们已经比其他许多伙伴，包括网上公司有更多的经验。”

　　这将为内华达引进的罗伊可移动的赌博应用程序打开新的市场大门。在内华达运行6高档体育博彩的康托博彩公司，是新泽西另一个与潜在运行项目相一致的公司。

　　赌场集团有限责任公司运行16种面向拉斯维加斯居民的比赛和体育项目。

　　8月份，赌博调整者和批准赌场集团，在拉斯维加斯市中心处理和经营体育博彩。

　　美国博彩和布兰迪万河赌业，今年早些时候已被William Hill公共有限公司以32,250,000美元购买。William Hill期望2010年完成内华达调整者的批准。

　　一旦出售完成，英国博彩公司将会对美国市场进入一个高的限制状态和欧盟相比。

　　美国和英国对体育博彩不同态度的一个例子是，William Hill3年赞助，变成为苏格兰足球联盟的苏格兰杯冠军头衔的赞助者。

　　公司运行苏格兰超过300个赌博公司，英国和爱尔兰2,364个，是苏格兰超级足球联赛的“官方博彩伙伴”。

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　　New Jersey makes push for legalized sports betting

　　TRENTON, New Jersey -- New Jersey may soon join Nevada on the short list of states that allow legalized sports betting.

　　Garden State voters in November will be asked to approve a nonbinding referendum that seeks to legalize sports betting. Actual bets could not be accepted until a federal law limiting legal sports betting is repealed or overturned.

　　Sports book operators in Las Vegas say overturning the federal ban would be good for business. Legal sports gambling was expected to generate $200 million in new revenue to Atlantic City's casinos.

　　"The referendum is a good thing," said John Asher, president and CEO of Brandywine Bookmaking LLC, parent company of 17 Lucky's Race and Sports Books in Nevada. "Still the issue is the federal ban."

　　Asher said nothing would change unless the state of New Jersey decides to litigate the federal ban. "Then it becomes more significant," he said.

　　In 1992, Congress passed the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act that banned sports betting in all states expect those that already allowed it in some form. Oregon, Montana and Delaware have offered legal sports betting, which traditionally has been tied to state lotteries or the fantasy games they operate.

　　Asher expected to ban to be overturned, because there was just "too much money being made illegally."

　　The Casino Association of New Jersey is urging voters to approve the measure.

　　"This November referendum, if passed, would provide an important step in the continuing process towards overturning the federal sports betting ban," Robert Griffin, president of the association and CEO of Trump Entertainment Resorts Inc., said in a statement. "If the referendum is passed and if the federal ban is subsequently overturned, legal sports betting would provide an economic boost for Atlantic City and the entire state of New Jersey."

　　Griffin said sports betting would allow Atlantic City to better compete, grow and invest in the region.

　　The referendum asks whether New Jersey residents want the legislature to amend the state constitution to allow sports betting at Atlantic City casinos and at horse racetracks on the results of any professional, college, or amateur sport or athletic event.

　　A Fairleigh Dickenson University PublicMind poll in April found 53 percent of respondents favored legalized sports betting, while 30 percent oppose the measure.

　　Pete Woolley, a political scientist and director of the poll, said he would put another statewide poll in the field on Monday.

　　Woolley said he didn't expect the numbers to move much in either direction.

　　"As always," said Woolley, "a lot depends on who actually shows up to vote, who reads the find print at the bottom of the ballot, and who understands the obscure language of the question."

　　In 2010, gamblers wagered more than $2.7 billion on sporting events in Nevada.

　　John English, senior vice president of business development and public affairs with American Wagering Inc., joined Asher in supporting the referendum.

　　He said legalized sports betting accounts for 1 percent to 2 percent of the amount wagered in the U.S. annually. The other 98 percent, or tens of billions of dollars, is wagered illegally in the U.S. or online through websites based overseas. American Wagering is the parent company of 77 Leroy's Race and Sports Books and kiosks in Nevada.

　　David G. Schwartz, director of the Center for Gaming Research at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, said legalized sports betting in Atlantic City would benefit local companies.

　　"They've got the human capital to manage sports betting," Schwartz said. "They've got a lot more experience than a lot of other folks including online companies."

　　It would open a new market to Leroy's mobile wagering applications, which have been introduced in Nevada. Cantor Gaming, which operates six upscale sports books in Las Vegas, is another company in line to potentially operate books in New Jersey.

　　Station Casinos LLC operates 16 race and sports books geared toward Las Vegas residents.

　　In August, gaming regulators approved Station Casinos deal to manage the sports book at the El Cortez in downtown Las Vegas. It was the company's 17th book and first management deal outside the company's properties.

　　Both American Wagering and Brandywine Bookmaking were purchased earlier this year for $32.25 million by William Hill PLC. William Hill expects licensing by Nevada regulators to be completed in 2012.

　　Once the sale is completed, the British bookmaker will be entering a highly restricted U.S. market compared with the European Union.

　　An example of the difference in attitudes toward sports betting in the U.S. and U.K. is William Hill's three-year sponsorship deal to become the title sponsor of the Scottish soccer league's Scottish Cup championship.

　　The company operates more than 300 betting shops in Scotland and 2,364 in the U.K. and Ireland, and is the "official betting partner" of the Scottish Premier soccer league.