Anti-Gambling Groups File Brief Supporting Leagues in Supreme Court Betting Case
By Brett Smiley | Published: October 24, 2017 at 2:41 pm
October 24, 2017
On Monday a broad coalition of organizations led by Stop Predatory Gambling filed an amicus brief (“friends of the court”) in the Supreme Court of the United States, supporting the NCAA, NFL and major professional sports in their opposition to New Jersey’s case (Christie vs. NCAA) seeking to bring sports betting into the state.
Specifically, New Jersey and petitioner, New Jersey Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association, Inc., argue that the 1992 law known as PASPA (the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act) is unconstitutional because, among other things, it “commandeers” states to maintain laws prohibiting sports betting and use state resources to enforce federal law.
Stop Predatory Gambling And a Range of Political and Advocacy Groups Support PASPA In a Brief Focusing on Social Costs of Gambling
The 30 groups, which include the Public Health Advocacy Institute and Concerned Women for America, spend the majority of the 33-page brief discussing negative effects and social costs of gambling.
The groups are “united in their opposition to the exploitation of American communities through commercial gambling” the brief reads. There is some discussion of the constitutional law and legal doctrines on which the case will likely turn, but the brief is largely about public policy and welfare.
One of the major aspects of this case is federalism and the balance between federal and state governments. To that point, the groups state at the outset, regarding PASPA’s enactment:
“Congress sought to combat the normalization of sports gambling that comes with government promotion. In so doing, Congress responded to a particular set of forces that necessitate federal intervention in states’ involvement with gambling. States have had trouble resisting the pull of legalized gambling once their neighbors have legalized it; they have had trouble getting rid of legalized gambling once they have it; and they have had trouble controlling it in a way that benefits and protects the public, including citizens in other states.”
Later in the brief, the groups highlight research papers discussing gambling addiction, personal bankruptcies and elevated divorce rates associated with problem gambling, as well as financial costs to states themselves (such as crime) in connection with increased gambling activity.
The paper also points a 2015 study by Rachel A. Volberg et al. of the University of Massachusetts School of Public Health and Health Sciences, showing a higher prevalence of gambling problems among sports bettors as compared with other forms of gambling, such as instant lottery games and casino games.
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