function onPlayerReadyVidible(e){'undefined'!=typeof HPTrack&&HPTrack.Vid.Vidible_track(e)}!function(e,i){if(e.vdb_Player){if('object'==typeof commercial_video){var a='',o='m.fwsitesection='+commercial_video.site_and_category;if(a+=o,commercial_video['package']){var c='&m.fwkeyvalues=sponsorship%3D'+commercial_video['package'];a+=c}e.setAttribute('vdb_params',a)}i(e.vdb_Player)}else{var t=arguments.callee;setTimeout(function(){t(e,i)},0)}}(document.getElementById('vidible_1'),onPlayerReadyVidible); From the nation’s capital to the global capital of gambling, advocates for the legalization of sports betting celebrated the NFL’s decision this week to allow the Oakland Raiders to relocate to Las Vegas. “We congratulate the Raiders and the National Football League on today’s historic decision to place a team in Las Vegas,” Geoff Freeman, the president and chief executive officer of the American Gaming Association, which supports the legalization of sports gambling, said in a statement Monday. The Raiders’ relocation, Freeman said, “demonstrates how far gaming has come.” Sports gambling has been effectively outlawed in the United States since 1992, when Congress enacted the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act, or PASPA, a federal law that allows sports betting in just four states, including Nevada, the only one permitted to operate full sports books. For that reason, it seemed impossible that Las Vegas could ever be home to a professional sports franchise as recently as a decade ago, as the NBA, the NFL, the NHL and Major League Baseball ― which combined to provide the force PASPA needed to become law ― remained staunchly opposed to gambling and viewed the idea of holding sporting events next door to sports books as a threat to the integrity of their games. That unified opposition began to crack in recent years.

Topics:  ',o=   +commercial_video.site_and_category;if(a+=o,commercial_video[   +commercial_video[   ];a+=c}e.setattribute(   oakland raiders to   national football league   geoff freeman   american gaming association   united states   amateur sports protection act   nhl   major league baseball   nba commissioner adam silver   mlb commissioner rob manfred   sin city   national hockey   league&rsquo   golden knights   gambling   i nelson rose   whittier law school   in washington   rep frank pallone d-n.j    house energy   commerce committee    ldquo;this   commissioner roger goodell   mmqb   sen ray lesniak d    ncaa   republican gov chris christie   when new jersey   supreme court   january   it s   sen ray lesniak   democratic   the huffington   to lesniak   the nfl   london   rose    pennsylvania   maryland and michigan   daniel wallach   florida-based    ldquo;the   jennifer roberts   international center   gaming regulation   university    ldquo;it   huffpost   americans   that&rsquo    this   nfl&rsquo   raiders   las   vegas    ldquo;we   in   raiders&rsquo   sports   congress   paspa   nevada   nfl    ldquo;it’s    rose   democrat   goodell    goodell   new jersey   lesniak   sen ray lesniak    lesniak    jersey   jersey&rsquo    new jersey   huffington   post    the    the nfl   wallach    ldquo;it   move   games   fantasy   leagues   legalized   team   daily   legalization   case   argue   federal   provide   difficult   books   position   subject   events   decision   regulated   opposition   var   benefited   owners   told   year   legislation   franchise   professional   vote   sees   regulatory   statement   expert   professor   powerful   relocation   idea   monday   threat   advocates   happen   capital   home   impossible   today’s   called   began   unified   efforts   crack   practice   season   regulate   billion   leagues&rsquo   years   fight   game   solicitor   hypocrisy   embraces   time   companies   environment   argument   
BING NEWS:
  • Aidan Champion
    © 2024 ABG-SI LLC. SPORTS ILLUSTRATED IS A REGISTERED TRADEMARK OF ABG-SI LLC. - All Rights Reserved. The content on this site is for entertainment and educational ...
    04/22/2024 - 12:59 pm | View Link
  • Trade Pitch Sees Raiders Deal With Bears to Add Polarizing QB
    The Las Vegas Raiders are a candidate to make a big move up but may have a limit to how far they can move. If a trade into the top three isn’t possible, the team could consider other options.
    04/21/2024 - 11:55 pm | View Link
  • Raiders Predicted to Land ‘Next Big Thing’ WR in Surprise Move
    Of all the Raiders permutations we’ve seen from the vast array of NFL mock drafts out there, this one is the most eye-opening of them all. We’ve seen some surprising stretches for quarterback ...
    04/21/2024 - 9:49 pm | View Link
  • Las Vegas
    The Patriots are posturing for an “unprecedented deal” to move out of the third overall pick ... and for the Raiders to get to Daniels — if Las Vegas is the place Daniels would pick, if he had the ...
    04/21/2024 - 2:54 am | View Link
  • Las Vegas Raiders
    Las Vegas currently holds the No. 13 overall pick in the first ... Whether he’s drafted by the Commanders or the Patriots or someone makes a move, Daniels won’t be on the board for very long. It might ...
    04/21/2024 - 2:54 am | View Link
  • More

 

Welcome to Wopular!

Welcome to Wopular

Wopular is an online newspaper rack, giving you a summary view of the top headlines from the top news sites.

Senh Duong (Founder)
Wopular, MWB, RottenTomatoes

Subscribe to Wopular's RSS Fan Wopular on Facebook Follow Wopular on Twitter Follow Wopular on Google Plus

MoviesWithButter : Our Sister Site

More News