If the US Supreme Court decides to take up the New Jersey sports betting case, it will be a sure victory for proponents in the Garden State, State Senator Raymond Lesniak said this week at the annual East Coast Gaming Congress in Atlantic City. But just in case the high court decides otherwise, Lesniak said he is already drafting legislation that would still allow casinos and racetracks to offer sports wagering on their premises. So while the state waits to see if the green light for betting on sports comes from either Washington or Trenton, Lesniak said it would be…

North Jersey – State Sen. Ray Lesniak, D-Union, on Monday announced at the East Coast Gaming Conference in Atlantic City that he is preparing a bill to allow for private operation of sports betting at the state’s racetracks and casinos – threatening to call the bluff of the federal government regarding sports betting, . Lesniak spearheaded legalization of online gaming in the state as well as its challenge of a federal law now negating the state’s sports betting law. He said he will move forward on the bill in the Legislature should the U.S. Supreme Court decline to hear the…

Online gambling marketing in New Jersey has been “amateurish” so far.This according to New Jersey State Senator Raymond Lesniak, who is attending the iGaming North America Conference currently taking place in Las Vegas is a place. That conference has been billed as a place for industry insiders to dabble in prognostication, learning from one another, to exchange ideas, and even criticism. Lesniak, however, has had a particular criticism to bring to light, and he’s expressed his disappointment with the online gambling marketing in New Jersey has been “amateurish” so far.This according to New Jersey State Senator Raymond Lesniak, who is…