The U.S. Supreme Court allowed states outside Nevada to legalize legal sports betting six years ago this month. The Court ruled that the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) through a case called “Murphy v. NCAA” was unconstitutional because it violated the rights of individual states to allow betting.
Its 7-2 decision was released in the morning of May 14, 2018. At that time, New Jersey and Pennsylvania had already legalized sports betting in anticipation of the court’s eventual ruling.
The court’s ruling opened the door for the growth of legal sports betting in the United States. Sports and gambling haven’t been the same since.
