deskgameI have introduced one bill that will strengthen protections in the gaming industry for children and chronic gamblers, and another bill that would raise funds from these businesses, in part, to support gambling addiction treatment programs.
deskgameSweeps casinos are legal in most US states despite not being regulated like real money online casinos. While the games and layout of sweeps casinos are similar to real money casinos, the business model is completely different.
deskgameThe Miami-Cleveland matchup kicks off the late Sunday window at 4:05 p.m. ET. The 7-8 Dolphins are favored by 6.5 points over the 3-12 Browns. Miami will still be alive in the AFC playoff race if one of Denver or the Los Angeles Chargers lose on Saturday. Rainy and windy conditions, however, point to the Browns possibly covering the spread.
deskgameIf the bet were mine to make, I would bet $1500 on the red-hot Detroit Lions to win. The San Francisco 49ers are injury-riddled and have dropped four of their last five.
deskgameIt was for those reasons, as Chairman of the Senate Economic Development Committee, I began a nearly ten-year journey to challenge the federal ban on sports betting and to authorize online gaming in New Jersey. I was successful on both despite eight losses in federal court, before the US Supreme Court ruled in my favor and our casinos became the beneficiary of the added revenue needed to reopen the five casinos and restore lost jobs. In addition, horse racing and the jobs at Monmouth Park and The Meadowlands were preserved.
