Goodell pumps breaks on Raider’s move to Vegas; AGA launches attack against PASPA

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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said “there’s still a lot that has to happen” before the Raiders could potentially move to Las Vegas.

In comments reported by The Associated Press, Goodell addressed the potential of approving Las Vegas as an NFL city, saying, “There’s still a lot that has to happen before we would get to that stage. Recognizing that they came out of committee with a bill, but there’s still a lot of work to be done to improve that recommendation.

“Well, you never want to see a community lose their franchise once, much less twice. The Minnesota community did that in a great way. I think we can do it in Oakland. I think there’s a solution there, but it takes the community to help identify it.”


A Yahoo Finance article discusses the new lobbying effort being launched by the American Gaming Association to repeal PASPA.

“There are few laws that have failed more spectacularly than PASPA,” AGA president Geoff Freeman tells Yahoo Finance. “It was passed under the auspices of protecting the integrity of games… But in the 25 years since it was enacted, we’ve seen trillions of dollars bet underground on sports, and there’s no way to track it. It’s all happening in the dark, in unregulated markets… PASPA is making the games we all enjoy less safe.”


A decision has been made in New Jersey’s case against football survivor pools.

In an August 26, 2016 decision obtained by Legal Sports Report, three New Jersey appellate judges ruled for the state in a dispute about the legality of football survival pools. Formally titled State of New Jersey v. Amboy National Bank, the decision may represent the end of one man’s decades-long administration of several high-stakes survivor pools.

The court upheld the seizure of about $846,000 from three bank accounts, rejecting the defendant’s contention that the cash merely represented “entry fees” from otherwise legal sports pools.

The new ruling does not bode well for football survivor pools in the Garden State, with certain portions of the decision having possible implications elsewhere too.


Entity betting in Nevada hasn’t really gained any traction since being legalized.

“It’s been more hype than reality,” said Daniel Wallach, a gaming and sports law attorney with the South Florida firm Becker & Poliakoff. “You need two to tango, and without a second party to the transaction, its growth potential is limited at the present time because there aren’t many operators of sports books that are willing to accept those wagers.”


In a column for the Broward Palm Beach New Times, a gambling writer makes the case for legalized sports betting.

Think about it: How often would you turn off that Dolphins game in frustration if you thought there was an even a chance they were about to cover the point spread? Having money on the line makes everything more interesting. Ask the guys with a regular weekly golf game. Suddenly, even that University of Miami-Florida Atlantic University snooze-fest would become intriguing.