New Jersey's failed 1993 effort to legalize sports betting. John Kosich WMGM-TV 40

25 years before the U.S. Supreme Court opened the doors to legalized sports betting outside of Nevada, Congress gave Atlantic City a brief opportunity to join Las Vegas in 1993 but only if Garden State voters approved it. The question though never even made it to the ballot. WMGM-TV's John Kosich highlights the path lawmakers and supporters were eyeing at the start of that year during the NJ Chambers annual trip to Washington.