The sports betting ban in America is not simply a matter of personal belief, it’s a matter of law! The U.S. Supreme Court will soon hear the argument to allow sports betting, and they should allow states to decide this issue for themselves. Hear why we believe this will actually happen!
Hello my friends! And welcome again to This Week in Gambling! I’m J Todd, back after my two-week summer vacation. I’ve made it home just in time for the beginning of fall, and that means football kickoffs and baseball playoffs! Plus, this week’s big story!
Twenty states have now filed briefs with the US Supreme Court in support of New Jersey’s fight against the federal sports betting ban, and in America twenty states in agreement on the same thing? Isn’t that a sign that the world’s gonna end or something? It’s a sign all right… but a sign that foretells the end of sports betting prohibition very soon!
The Supreme Court will hear the challenge on this and I believe they will strike down the ban. What makes me so confident? One word, my friends: PASPA! PASPA is an acronym for the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act, passed by Congress in 1992. It’s why we have this damn ban in the first place! PASPA is also backed by the sports leagues and the NCAA, all of which use their vast wealth to bribe… I mean “Lobby”… the very Congress that passed the Act!
The problem is PASPA and any sports betting ban violate the 10th Amendment of the US Constitution, which specifically gives each state the right to decide issues like sports betting for themselves. And since the Supreme Court is more interested in the Constitution than they are in special interest monies, it is just my opinion that they will have no choice but to declare that PASPA is unconstitutional!
This week in Pennsylvania, more rumors about online gambling regulation are circulating. To which we all reply yeah, yeah, yeah… sure, sure. We’ve heard this all before. And in a similar story, the search continues for Amelia Earhart!
We have three game reviews to share with you this week. First up its the Fire Wolf II slot machine from our friends at AGS. Delivered on the new Orion cabinet, this player favorite also boasts the Real Surge mechanic. Next up it’s the latest installment Playtech: Age of the Gods: King of Olympus, an online slot with five reels and 25 paylines, scatters, wilds, re-spins, and free spins. Lastly we look at the Star Rise slot machine, packaged on their Crystal Curved cabinet. It features a three level progressive and 1,024 ways to win. All of these reviews are available on our YouTube channel right now!
Finally this week I will be attending the global gaming expo in Las Vegas next month and at that show aristocrat gaming will be rolling out their new Madonna Slot Machine. Well, it won’t so much roll out as it will strike a pose there will be several Madonna themed slots actually each with hit songs from different eras of her career one mechanic that all the games will share however is that during bonus play the machine itself reaches out and grabs players in the ass and and then it exposes itself yeah it’s going to be very popular
