The long wait for the decision of Governor Christie regarding to the online gambling bill has ended this Thursday. As Christie rejects the bill that would regulated online gambling in the state of New Jersey.
For the second time around, online gamers were disappointed by the bill’s prohibition. The idea of conservatives on federal level to keep online gambling prohibition intact has been preserve with Christie’s helped with the Thursday’s ruling.
In his veto message, he stated “In my view, the creation of a legal fiction deeming all wagers to have ‘originated’ in Atlantic City cannot overcome the clear and unambiguous language of the State Constitution.”
The Governor had been concerned with the legislation that it would have to undergo legal challenges on a federal level. Where federal law makes it illegal for financial groups to process transactions from online gambling, but does allow the players to bet online within their states. The New Jersey legislation guarantees the citizen gamblers is allowed to bet at some regulated online casinos.
