Until last Friday, a New Jersey law treated his Atlantic City casino more harshly than other jurisdictions that allowed sports betting. In other states, Fertitta's casinos could take bets on basketball games as long as they did not involve the Houston Rockets, which he also owns.
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Atlantic City is quickly becoming one of the hottest gambling hubs in the United States. With sports betting legal and regulated here, this city has never been more popular. Recently, several new sportsbooks in Atlantic City casinos were officially unveiled to the public
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“We’re grateful, and appreciative that people eventually realized this was an overreaction,” said Steve Scheinthal, general counsel for the Golden Nugget’s parent company, Houston-based Landry’s Inc. “It allows us to compete.”
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Gamblers wagered more than $293 million on sports in New Jersey in August, helping Atlantic City’s casinos win 13% more than they did a year ago. Figures released Thursday by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement show the nine casinos won nearly $339 million for the month, assisted by sports betting money.
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New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy is still high on his state’s sports betting industry, even as a dozen other states now have legal industries in the aftermath of PASPA’s demise in May 2018.
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The Battle of Cherry Hill — the year-long court fight between a shopping mall developer and the former owner of the site over whether the developer can operate a sportsbook there — tipped heavily in one side’s favor on Thursday.
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Fox Sports, part of US network Fox, has combined with The Stars Group to launch Fox Bet, described as a first-of-its kind national media and sports wagering partnership in New Jersey.
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A bill that would allow Golden Nugget Atlantic City to finally accept legal sports wagers on professional basketball games passed the state Legislature on Monday.
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This soft-launch marks the official entry of the gambling company into the United State’s regulated sports betting market – it had made plans for this move over a year ago and it is just now getting the chance to actualize those plans.
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On Monday, theScore announced it has received approval from the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement to “proceed with full implementation” of its mobile sportsbook, which comes under the license of Monmouth Park Racetrack.
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Industrywide gross operating profits for the April-June period fell 6.8% compared to the same period last year, based on figures released Thursday by the state Division of Gaming Enforcement.
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