The second part of the bill relates to esports betting, which has been permitted at New Jersey sports books since September last year. It addresses the prevalence of underage players in competitive video gaming.<\/p>\n
Just as with high school sports events, esports matches with young competitors should be out of bounds to bettors.<\/p>\n
Under existing law, certain events, such as high school sporting events, are considered \u2018prohibited sports events\u2019 and cannot be wagered on. This bill expands on \u2018prohibited sports events\u2019 to include electronic sports competitions sponsored by or affiliated with high schools or competitions in which the majority of competitors are under the age of 18,\u201d reads the bill.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\u201cThe bill also clarifies the age limit regarding certain sports events to accommodate the growing trend of younger competitors in the video gaming community,\u201d it continues.<\/p>\n
Esports and esports betting have achieved even greater ascendancy during lockdown. But in the past, the sport has suffered from a corruption problem.<\/a> This has not been helped by the relative immaturity of its competitors and the unregulated nature of early esports betting sites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A New Jersey bill that would allow the state\u2019s sports betting operators to take bets on competitive eating contests and the Oscars advanced Monday from the Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee. A companion bill was unanimously approved by the state Assembly in June. Sens. Jim Beach\u2019s (D-6th) and Chris Brown\u2019s (R-2nd) would loosen […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":168302,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19853,13592],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
New Jersey Senate Committee Puts Money on Competitive Eating<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n