Throughout this process, the Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) and the New Jersey Racing Commission (NJRC) have worked to ensure compliance with the new laws and develop a fair, transparent market for sports wagering in New Jersey. (He bet $20 that Germany would win the World Cup and that the Devils would win the Stanley Cup.) Since then, sports wagering has proved popular in New Jersey, both online and at the state’s casinos and racetracks. Three days later, the Governor placed the first sports bet at Monmouth Park Racetrack. Within weeks of the decision, on June 11, 2018, Governor Phil Murphy signed legislation permitting sports betting at New Jersey’s casinos and racetracks.

NCAA and struck down a decades-old federal law that prohibited the state from legalizing sports betting. Supreme Court ruled in favor of New Jersey in Murphy v. In May 2018, after a six-year legal battle, the U.S.