The New Jersey State Athletic Control Board (SACB) has adopted new sports betting policies that protects bettors and the integrity of combat sports. This comes in the wake of the controversial bout between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson earlier this month.
New Jersey sports betting operators accepted bets on the fight, while other markets, such as Pennsylvania and New York, did not. The contest has come under fire for a potential predetermined outcome, which Paul has denied.
Regardless, the SACB has instituted a new set of rules that prohibits key participants from betting on combat sports.
The new rules have been implemented to guard against unethical betting behavior, which involves boxing, wrestling, extreme wrestling, kick boxing, and combative sports exhibitions.
