Betting on the Rutgers Scarlet Knights, Seton Hall Pirates From NJ Not Happening Any Time Soon
- The Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team should be pretty good in 2024.
- Those using state-regulated apps like FanDuel and DraftKings won't be able to bet on Rutgers football this season.
- One lawmaker has proposed a bill that would allow wagering on in-state schools but, if passed, that won't happen until at least 2026.
- Options to place bets on the Scarlet Knights are limited from the Garden State.
Rutgers football will no longer be a laughing stock in 2024. Oddsmakers at BetUS have the Scarlet Knights favored at -150 to win Over 6 regular season games.
They're no Georgia Bulldogs with a regular season win total posted at 10.5 in 2024, but it's a far cry from recent year Rutgers teams. There was a period from 2015 through to 2022 when Rutgers never won more than four games in a season. In 2018 and 2019, the Scarlett Knights won less than that total in two seasons combined.
Last year, the program enjoyed its first winning season in nearly ten years. The team is bringing back most of its key starters from last season while adding some upgrades.
Peter Fiutak of CollegeFootballNews.com writes of Rutgers:
Greg Schiano has a team full of experience with the upside to pull off a few of the big wins missing for way too long. The lines are great, the defense is sound, and the special teams should be a plus.
And the schedule should help the cause.
There's no realistic beef whatsoever with the 2024 slate. And why? FINALLY, Rutgers is freed from the Big Ten East, and that means—at least this year—no Ohio State, no Michigan, and no Penn State. Is that not enough?
There's no Oregon or Iowa, either. Missing Indiana and Purdue hurts, but you can't miss everyone good.
And in basketball, the Scarlet Knights have enjoyed success over the past few seasons.
Rutgers has landed the commitments of Ace Bailey and Dylan Harper, two players currently projected to be drafted in the top five of the 2025 NBA draft.
Unfortunately, if you live in New Jersey and use one of about a dozen regulated apps, you're once again out of luck betting on the Scarlet Knights. New Jersey prohibits the likes of DraftKings, FanDuel and BetMGM from taking bets on state schools or the games in which they play in.
That all could be changing as Assemblyman Michael Venezia introduced constitutional amendment ACR140 in late June. It's a bill requesting an amendment to the state constitution to permit sports wagering through casinos and current or former horse racetracks on all college sport or athletic events.
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There are two problems however.
First off, if approved by the legislators - and there is no guarantee of that happening - the bill will appear on the 2025 ballot and in-state betting would not be legalized until the start of 2026. That's two more years of being unable to bet on Rutgers and Seton Hall teams or games that feature them.
Second, and likely the biggest obstacle to overcome, This was tried back in 2021 and only 41% of voters approved.
In light of recent scandals involving athletes violating league gambling policy, mostly at the professional level, it's doubtful more New Jersey residents will embrace the idea of allowing bets on in-state schools.
For now, those in the Garden State have limited options. Pay per head solutions allow local bookies in the state to offer much of what the regulated apps provide, including live dealer online casinos and betting on credit, but one needs a referral.
Offshore sportsbooks aren't always available to those living in New Jersey.
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