{"id":6546,"date":"2012-03-19T09:07:19","date_gmt":"2012-03-19T09:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/?p=6546"},"modified":"2012-03-19T09:07:19","modified_gmt":"2012-03-19T09:07:19","slug":"more-options-for-nj-gamblers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/more-options-for-nj-gamblers\/","title":{"rendered":"More options for NJ gamblers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/archives\/5095\/online-gambling-3\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5100\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5100\" title=\"Online-Gambling\" src=\"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Online-Gambling2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>THE largest expansion of Internet gaming, sports betting, online lottery sales and barroom horse wagering gambling in New Jersey is being explored. The second thoughts come after increasing competition starts to mount up from neighbouring gambling hotspots, such as Atlantic City.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrying to stop people from gambling on sports is like Prohibition,\u201d said state Sen. Raymond Lesniak, D-Union, who also backs Internet poker and online lottery measures. \u201cHow did that work out? We are a society that allows gambling, and we\u2019re not going back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But some experts worry that the new options will lure more residents into compulsive gambling and financial jeopardy. And gaming analysts say it\u2019s difficult to predict how much a proliferation of new gambling options would simply grab money already being spent on other types of gambling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s been a real question \u2014 at what point do you have saturation?\u201d said Assemblyman John Burzichelli, D-Gloucester.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Pollock, the managing director of the Spectrum Gaming Group research firm, said that all gambling interests are grappling with that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe politics and the technology both are moving at such breakneck speed that it seems like there\u2019s no luxury of time to analyze it all,\u201d Pollock said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE largest expansion of Internet gaming, sports betting, online lottery sales and barroom horse wagering gambling in New Jersey is being explored. 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