Ohio Golf Journal May 2018

SUPREME COURT MAY LEGALIZE GAMBLING ON PROFESSIONAL GOLF By: Fred Altvater The U.S. Supreme Court IS CURRENTLY WEIGHING ARGUMENTS TO LEGALIZE GAMBLING ON SPORTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHICH WOULD INCLUDE LEGALIZED GAMBLING ON PROFESSIONAL GOLF ! DECISION IS EXPECTED BEFORE THE COURTmS *ULY RECESS 7ITH THE PROLIFERATION OF STATE LOTTERIES AND THE ENORMOUS AMOUNTS OF MONEY BET ON sports in Las Vegas, other states want to get in on the action to increase tax revenues. .EW *ERSEY IS LEADING THE ÚGHT BUT OTHER STATES ARE EAGERLY ANTICIPATING A FAVORABLE RULING FROM the nation’s highest court, WHICH MOST CERTAINLY WOULD PRODUCE A WINDFALL FOR STATE COFFERS 3MART MONEY SAYS THE COURT WILL RULE IN FAVOR OF THE LEGALIZED BETTING PROPOSAL Is Legalized Betting, Good or a Bad, for Golf? 'AMBLING ON .&, GAMES is huge, reaching into Oh io Go l f J ourna l