New Jersey Gov. Murphy places state's first legal sports bets after landmark Supreme Court ruling

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New Jersey won a U.S. Supreme Court case last month that cleared the way for all 50 states to offer sports betting should they choose.

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New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy places a bet at the Monmouth Park Sports Book on the first day of legal sports betting in the state.Dominick Reuter / AFP - Getty Images

June 14, 2018, 11:04 AM EDT / Updated June 14, 2018, 11:04 AM EDT / Source: The Associated Press

OCEANPORT, N.J. — New Jersey has launched sports betting.

Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy kicked off a new era of gambling in the state, making the first official bets on Thursday morning at Monmouth Park, a racetrack near the Jersey shore.

He placed two $20 bets — one on Germany to win soccer's World Cup and another on the New Jersey Devils to win next year's Stanley Cup.

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New Jersey won a U.S. Supreme Court case last month that cleared the way for all 50 states to offer sports betting should they choose.

The Borgata casino planned to start taking bets 30 minutes after Murphy made his.

Other casinos and tracks eventually plan to offer sports betting, but none has announced plans to do so in the next few days.

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