During ESPN’s “Outside the Lines,” former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie discussed the U.S. Supreme Court overturning the ban on sports betting, saying legalized sports gambling means a “significant amount of revenue” for states.

“It’ll be hundreds of millions of dollars a year,” Christie said Monday of what it would it mean for New Jersey. “It’s going to be a great thing for the individual states that get involved.

Christie added that the legalization also adds a “safer, more pleasant legal environment” for placing bets on sports.

In a tweet, the former governor called Monday “a great day for the rights of states and their people to make their own decisions.”

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