In accord with Assemblyman Vincent Mazzeo’s joint resolution in the Assembly that progressed in January, New Jersey state Senator Jim Whelan is making moves in his chamber to ask the current federal government to not interfere with state’s rights in New Jersey in regard to internet gaming.
Reported as AJR 137, the resolution beseeches the current administration in Washington D.C. as well as Congress to “oppose any actions that would prohibit states to conduct Internet gaming.” With resolutions in the assembly as well as the senate, even if never implemented, cement a unified front in the state against any meddling at the federal level in one of New Jersey’s important revenue streams and growing industries.
New Jersey was the second U.S. state to…