FILE - In a Tuesday, April 29, 2014 file photo, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie answers a question in Trenton, N.J. New Jersey's bid to legalize sports gambling has endured defeat after defeat in the courts, but one big winner has emerged, at taxpayer expense — the law firm hired to help Gov. Chris Christie defend a lawsuit filed by the four major pro sports leagues and the NCAA. The firm, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, is the same one Christie hired, also with public money, to investigate the George Washington Bridge lane-closing scandal that is plaguing his administration. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)