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“Without continued federal guidance and oversight,” NFL Executive Vice President Jocelyn Moore told a House Judiciary subcommittee Thursday, “we are very concerned that sports leagues and state governments alone will not be able to fully protect the integrity of sporting contests and guard against the harms Congress has long recognized as being associated with sports betting.”

The casino industry said no.

“As Congress has refrained from regulating lotteries, slot machines, table games and other gambling products, it should similarly refrain from engaging on sports wagering barring an identifiable problem that warrants federal attention,” said Sara Slane, senior vice president for the American Gaming Association, the trade group for casinos.

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The NFL and the other major professional sports leagues had fought New Jersey’s effort to legalize sports betting, while the American Gaming Association supported the state’s effort to overturn the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act.

One the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the ban in May, New Jersey and other states quickly moved to offer legal sports betting. Congress is debating whether some federal regulation is needed.

The ruling “raises questions regarding regulation, the integrity of sporting events, the propriety and wisdom of government-authorized wagering, and the effect on other gambling laws at the federal and state levels,” said House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va.

According to the AGA, New Jersey, Delaware, Mississippi and West Virginia have legalized sports betting on single games since the Supreme Court ruling, joining Nevada. Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and New York also have voted to allow sports betting.

In her prepared testimony before the crime, terrorism, homeland security and investigations subcommittee, Moore said a federal law would ensure only official statistics be used, prevent sports books from accepting bets from those under 21, prohibit insider betting, address money laundering and tax evasion.

It would also allow leagues to ban certain bets such as passing yards in a game or how many penalty flags a referee throws, and prevent anyone from using a league’s trademarks and logos without consent.

“What Congress can do now is create a modern framework to regulate sports betting in a way that continues to protect consumers and the integrity of professional and amateur sporting contests,” Moore said.

“To be clear, the National Football League is not advocating for a sweeping expansion of federal law at the expense of state sovereignty,” she said. “We are asking for core standards, as a crucial element of a federal and state partnership, to protect the integrity of our game and, by extension, the millions of fans who are your constituents.”

Slane disagreed with the NFL’s call for requiring sports books to buy official data from the leagues or to prevent certain bets.

“Sports book operators already have significant economic incentive to avoid offering bets that pose a significant risk,” she said. “Moreover, attempts to restrict bets that have broad customer demand would further empower illegal operators that don’t abide by the same set of rules.”

She said states have a long track record of regulating gambling, including casinos and lotteries.

“The gaming industry is already one of the most regulated in the country, and state and tribal regulators have decades of experience effectively overseeing gaming operations within their jurisdictions,” Slane said.

“Any entity offering sports betting should be subjected to the same level of rigorous licensing programs and regulatory oversight with which current commercial and tribal casino operators must comply,” she said.

Jonathan D. Salant may be reached at jsalant@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @JDSalant or on Facebook. Find NJ.com Politics on Facebook.