Even if it was legal, the amount of sports betting on the Super Bowl in New Jersey was probably significantly reduced by the Giants’ awful 0-5 start. However, a federal appeals court in Philadelphia ruled in a 2-1 decision last month that New Jersey does not have the right to legalize sports betting, a blow to the state’s casinos and horse racing tracks which would have benefited from the potential millions of dollars in revenue generated by the game being played at MetLife Stadium. Lawyers for the state had maintained that the U.S. Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of…