Supreme Court rules that ban on sports betting is unconstitutional

REUTERS/Las Vegas Sun/Steve Marcus The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that the federal ban on sports betting was unconstitutional. The move opens up legal sports betting in New Jersey and beyond as other states can now choose for themselves whether or not to legalize the practice. In the majority opinion, Justice Alito wrote, "Congress can regulate sports gamblingdirectly, but if it elects not to do so, each state is free to act on its own." The United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of New J...