Another step was made in the process to make sports gambling at Atlantic City casinos and New Jersey racetracks legal.
The New Jersey Senate voted 35-2 in support of the bill on Monday after a ballot question during the November election was approved by a 2-1 margin.
Ray Lesniak, the bill’s sponsor, anticipates the Attorney General to address the bill within the next few weeks and a decision to made “within six months.”
“Today’s legislative action represents the latest step in ensuring that the will of the people of New Jersey is expressed, and that we’re not going to sit back while Las Vegas and other gaming jurisdictions get all the benefits of an unfair and arbitrary ban on sports betting,” said Senator Lesniak, D-Union.
“This bill would correct a decades old mistake, and would allow New Jersey to begin implementing sports wagering operations which would create new jobs, incentivize new economic activity in a recovering gaming sector, and create new tax revenues for the State.”
The bill cites that bettors will have to be 21 years of age and games involving New Jersey college teams or any game played in New Jersey will be off limits for bettors.
The New Jersey Senate voted 35-2 in support of the bill on Monday after a ballot question during the November election was approved by a 2-1 margin.
Ray Lesniak, the bill’s sponsor, anticipates the Attorney General to address the bill within the next few weeks and a decision to made “within six months.”
“Today’s legislative action represents the latest step in ensuring that the will of the people of New Jersey is expressed, and that we’re not going to sit back while Las Vegas and other gaming jurisdictions get all the benefits of an unfair and arbitrary ban on sports betting,” said Senator Lesniak, D-Union.
“This bill would correct a decades old mistake, and would allow New Jersey to begin implementing sports wagering operations which would create new jobs, incentivize new economic activity in a recovering gaming sector, and create new tax revenues for the State.”
The bill cites that bettors will have to be 21 years of age and games involving New Jersey college teams or any game played in New Jersey will be off limits for bettors.
