ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) β New Jersey is bolstering its legal arguments as it tries to get the U.S. Supreme Court to consider its effort to overturn a ban on legalized sports betting in all but four states.
In a filing submitted Tuesday, the state says the federal law restricting sports betting to only four states needs to be reviewed immediately.
Theodore Olson, who won the Bush v. Gore election case in 2000, says the ban impermissibly restricts states’ rights. He also says the high court needs to consider the way the law treats states differently.
The law restricts sports betting to states that met a 1991 deadline to pass laws approving it: Delaware, Montana, Nevada and Oregon.
The major professional and collegiate leagues support the ban.
