State gets 5 more sports betting applications
New Jersey regulators have received five additional applications from gambling companies seeking to start offering sports betting before football season starts in September.
Two casino companies say they are among those that applied for permission.
Caesars Entertainment applied for in-person sports betting at Harrah's and Bally's, as well as mobile betting allied with all three of its Atlantic City casinos.
The Golden Nugget says it applied for in-person and mobile sports betting.
The state Division of Gaming Enforcement set a deadline of Monday evening for companies to apply if they want to be approved in time for football season.
The agency received two in-person and three mobile applications, but would not identify the applicants.
So far, two casinos, the Borgata and Ocean Resort, and two horse tracks, Monmouth Park and the Meadowlands, offer sports betting in New Jersey.
