{"id":5458,"date":"2020-06-28T04:16:12","date_gmt":"2020-06-28T04:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamblingcity.net\/?p=5458"},"modified":"2020-10-18T07:29:32","modified_gmt":"2020-10-18T07:29:32","slug":"governor-may-veto-new-jersey-online-gambling-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gamblingcity.net\/gambling-news\/2011-02\/governor-may-veto-new-jersey-online-gambling-bill-1802111430.php","title":{"rendered":"Governor May Veto New Jersey Online Gambling Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"
Reports from local media state that Republican Governor Chris Christie could choose to veto the state\u2019s online gaming bill, refusing to allow its passage into the statute books. Last month, the New Jersey state legislature voted for\u00a0a bill<\/a>\u00a0that would allow state residents to play online casino games.<\/div>\n
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Local media reports also speculate that Christie may be considering his candidacy for US President in 2012.\u00a0The reports say that Christie may want to distance himself from the controversy surrounding\u00a0online gaming<\/a>\u00a0so as not to alienate his party\u2019s conservative membership.<\/div>\n
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The deadline for Christie to sign or veto the bill is 24 February.\u00a0If Christie vetoes the bill, the legislature can override the veto if the measure wins a two-thirds majority vote.\u00a0If he takes no action, the bill becomes law automatically.<\/div>\n
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The new law would allow the state\u2019s casinos, housed in Atlantic City, to apply for licenses to develop online gaming sites.\u00a0The state would bring in extra revenue from license fees and taxes on the site\u2019s proceeds.\u00a0The creation of these sites is expected to salvage the state\u2019s crumbling casino industry and bring in thousands of jobs.<\/div>\n
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Other states, including\u00a0California\u00a0<\/a>and\u00a0Florida, are also considering the legalization of online casino games to raise tax revenues.\u00a0However, the state laws may run counter to federal anti-gaming laws.<\/div>\n
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One of those laws is the Interstate Wire Act, which prohibits the use of communications equipment to carry gambling information.\u00a0The other major hurdle is the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, which bars US-based banks from conducting transactions with online gaming sites.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reports from local media state that Republican Governor Chris Christie could choose to veto the state\u2019s online gaming bill, refusing to allow its passage into the statute books. Last month, the New Jersey state legislature voted for\u00a0a bill\u00a0that would allow state residents to play online casino games. Local media reports also speculate that Christie may … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"lang":"en","translations":{"en":5458},"pll_sync_post":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gamblingcity.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5458"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gamblingcity.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gamblingcity.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gamblingcity.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gamblingcity.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.gamblingcity.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5458\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gamblingcity.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gamblingcity.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gamblingcity.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}