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'''Sports gambling''' is an issue before the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] during its October 2017 term in a pair of cases known as ''Christie v. NCAA''.  As of January 2018, sports gambling is illegal everywhere in the [[United States]] except for [[Nevada]].

'''Sports gambling''' is a form of gambling whereupon a person bets on certain outcomes of a sporting event (the most common are the winner, and whether the winning team will cover the "spread", or the number of points by which the favored team is expected to win).

 

Prior to May 2018, the federal Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act prohibited sports gambling everywhere in the [[United States]] (except for [[Nevada]] which had already allowed it prior to the Act).  In a challenge raised by several states, including [[New Jersey]] and [[Pennsylvania]] which were hoping to legalize sports gambling as a source of governmental revenue,<ref>https://www.legalsportsreport.com/16339/pa-sports-betting-law/</ref> the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] in its 6-3 decision in ''Murphy v. NCAA'' (May 14, 2018) struck down the Act, leaving the decision on whether or not to legalize the practice to the states.

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