“A federal prohibition against internet gaming would directly and negatively impact New Jersey by dismantling the investments that the State and Atlantic City casinos have already made,” Mazzeo explained.<\/p>\n
iGaming’s prominent role in revitalizing Atlantic City is why Mazzeo had little trouble in garnering support for the joint resolution. Just a single “nay” vote came in from either chamber, State Senator Shirley Turner (D-Mercer) being the lone opponent.<\/p>\n
There doesn’t seem to be much enthusiasm in Washington to take up RAWA, or similar anti-online gambling legislation. Previous committee hearings in the House and Senate didn’t change the fact that most in Congress just aren’t terribly invested in discussing internet gaming prohibitions at the federal level, a matter that the Republican-controlled Congress would seemingly prefer to leave up to each state to decide for themselves.<\/p>\n
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RAWA was introduced into their respective chambers by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) and former Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah). It’s largely thought that those actions came at the behest of Las Vegas Sands CEO Sheldon Adelson, a powerful GOP financier who has made it his life’s work to block iGaming.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
After lingering for two years, RAWA hasn’t been re-introduced to Congress for its 115th session.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (R) put his signature on a bill late last week that urges President Donald Trump, members of his administration, and Congress to oppose any legislation that would prohibit individual states from authorizing and regulating online gambling. Introduced by State Rep. Vincent Mazzeo (D-Northfield) in January, the joint resolution seeks to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":55112,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,13,61],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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