WASHINGTON — In his quest to legalize sports betting in New Jersey, Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. is seeking help from President Donald Trump’s administration. Pallone (D-6th Dist.) is asking Acting Solicitor General Jeff Wall in a letter to be sent Tuesday to request that the U.S. Supreme Court to hear New Jersey’s appeal of the […]
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LAS VEGAS, May 12, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — After another near-record performance in April, online gaming continues to generate more revenue than nearly half of the land-based casinos in the state, according to analysts from PlayNJ.com. The New Jersey Monthly Internet Gross Revenue Report, which was released Friday by the state’s Division of Gaming Enforcement, showed […]
TRENTON — Atlantic City’s casinos paid a fraction last year in taxes compared to New Jersey’s neighbors thanks to a low gaming tax that proponents say help the city, while others argue it’s a lost opportunity. According to the Press of Atlantic City, the shore gaming town’s casino industry paid $237 million in taxes last […]
A billionaire investor adviser to President Donald Trump said liberal groups are using a smear campaign to protect an environmental program that bludgeons small businesses. Trump’s opponents are using “fake news” tactics to dismiss efforts to reform the EPA’s Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), Carl Icahn, the majority shareholder of holding company Icahn Enterprises, wrote Wednesday […]
That’s the late-breaking Wednesday night news, Save Jerseyans. And the Christie Administration is hailing the move. “The plan announced by Hard Rock and its partners to purchase and re-open Atlantic City’s former Taj Mahal as the new Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City is great news for New Jersey. There is no doubt that […]
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Steven P. Perskie Last November, New Jersey voters overwhelmingly rejected Public Question #1 – the ballot question that would have resulted in two North Jersey casinos. Almost immediately, supporters of the question began efforts to sidestep voters with new proposals to expand gaming outside of Atlantic City. These proposals included legislation authorizing video lottery terminals […]
Steven P. Perskie Last November, New Jersey voters overwhelmingly rejected Public Question #1 – the ballot question that would have resulted in two North Jersey casinos. Almost immediately, supporters of the question began efforts to sidestep voters with new proposals to expand gaming outside of Atlantic City. These proposals included legislation authorizing video lottery terminals […]
ATLANTIC CITY — Hard Rock International’s boss says his company will wait years if need be to open a casino in the northern New Jersey Meadowlands. CEO Jim Allen told The Associated Press on Tuesday he’s prepared to wait two years or even much longer to build the casino his Florida-based company wants to add […]
TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie’s administration on Wednesday was granted the authority to immediately seize control of financially distressed Atlantic City. The state Local Finance Board voted 5-0 to approve a five-year state takeover of the local government in the seaside gambling resort — an effort Christie says is the best way to keep the […]
JERSEY CITY — With Election Day approaching, hundreds of politically connected signs have been popping up on public property citywide while residents are tasked with deciding whether casino expansion should be permitted. The Jersey City Department of Public Works has taken down roughly 1,500 campaigns signs promoting Board of Education candidates and casino expansion, spokeswoman […]
Was this the plan all along, Save Jerseyans? Some observers would say ‘absolutely,’ but on Tuesday afternoon, the Christie Administration surprised no one when it announced that its intention to reject Atlantic City’s proposed five-year financial plan. There was no immediate word as to whether an anticipated state takeover of the financially-challenged city would be initiated. […]
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Seven in 10 New Jersey voters oppose a constitutional amendment that would bring casino gambling to the northern part of the state, according to a poll released Monday that also had a majority against the gasoline tax increase. The Fairleigh Dickinson University PublicMind survey said 70 percent of the state’s voters opposed a Nov. 8 […]
Credit: NJTV News Online Only two-and-a-half weeks away from a November 3 deadline to come up with a five-year plan to shore up its finances and avoid a state takeover, Atlantic City and its representatives are still struggling to meet the demands of state officials in Trenton, who say the beleaguered seaside city isn’t doing […]
TRENTON — It’s still three weeks until New Jersey voters decide whether to expand casino gambling outside of Atlantic City and into the northern part of the state. But the battle has already shattered a state record for spending by interest groups. Groups supporting and opposing Nov. 8’s ballot referendum have so far shelled out […]
Presumptive 2017 Democrat gubernatorial candidate Phil Murphy has already cleared the field and it’s only October, Save Jerseyans. Democrats (capital D) are democrats (lowercase d) in name only. That’s nothing we already didn’t know. He’s already acting like a general election candidate. Outmaneuvering vanquished rivals like Steve Sweeney and Steven Fulop in North Jersey’s centers of […]
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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — The storied but hobbled Trump Taj Mahal shut its doors early Monday after 26 years of operation in this resort city, as striking casino workers chanted and massed one last time on the 102nd day of their strike and vowed, “We’ll be back.” The strikers held a moment of silence at […]
