The state Legislature passed a plan to extend online gaming through 2028.
last week without explanation. But casinos, their political allies, and South Jersey business leaders fiercely opposed that timeline, saying it was too short.
“No one is going to invest money in a company that has if you only have two more years,” state Assemblyman Don Guardian, R-Atlantic, a former Atlantic City mayor and another sponsor of the extension, told the Associated Press. “Those things cost money. This has been what’s helping keep Atlantic City alive.
Internet gambling has been widely credited with helping Atlantic City’s casinos stay afloat during the early shutdowns of the COVID-19 crisis, as well as in the months that followed casinos reopening, when many gamblers remained leery of returning to crowded indoor spaces.
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