With the end of the year just days away, CalvinAyre.com looks back at the stories that shook up the gambling world in 2017.

NEW JERSEY SPORTS BETTING

This summer, the US Supreme Court agreed to hear New Jersey’s appeal of federal courts’ rejections of its quest to bring legal sports betting to the Garden State. And with that, the 25-year-old Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA), which limits single-game sports betting to Nevada, began looking vulnerable.

The announcement marked the first real punch the state had landed after years of getting pummeled by district courts, who continually sided with the state’s opponents, the US Department of Justice, the four major pro sports leagues and the NCAA.