{"id":1220,"date":"2007-02-20T08:15:18","date_gmt":"2007-02-20T13:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2007\/02\/letter-to-editor-nj-must-have-sports-betting\/"},"modified":"2007-02-20T08:15:18","modified_gmt":"2007-02-20T13:15:18","slug":"letter-to-editor-nj-must-have-sports-betting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2007\/02\/letter-to-editor-nj-must-have-sports-betting\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter To Editor: NJ Must Have Sports Betting!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the state struggling to make ends meet &#8212; a struggle that generally includes new or increased taxes on residents &#8212; the last thing anyone needs is a drop in state revenue.<br \/>\nBut it looks like that might happen. Casino revenues dropped in January, and gaming experts are predicting a yearlong drop of 5 percent or more as competition with other states heats up.<br \/>\nA 5 percent drop would mean Trenton lawmakers would have about $24 million less to work with next year.<br \/>\nLawmakers could do the logical thing and cut $24 million in state spending. But New Jerseyans know all too well where that money will likely be made up &#8212; tax hikes.<br \/>\nBut there is another eventual possibility for increased state revenue: sports betting.<br \/>\nAtlantic City needs to offer options the Pennsylvania slot parlors can&#8217;t. Sports betting is a money-maker in Nevada. Allowing it in Atlantic City would give Northeast gamblers a unique draw in this state.<br \/>\nThere&#8217;s no excuse for state legislators to drag their feet on this, especially since it may take a long time to bring sports betting to Atlantic City with either an act of Congress or a federal court decision needed to clear the way.<br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.courierpostonline.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20070220\/OPINION\/702200302\/1046\">Camden Courier Post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the state struggling to make ends meet &#8212; a struggle that generally includes new or increased taxes on residents &#8212; the last thing anyone needs is a drop in state revenue. But it looks like that might happen. Casino revenues dropped in January, and gaming experts are predicting a yearlong drop of 5 percent &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2007\/02\/letter-to-editor-nj-must-have-sports-betting\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Letter To Editor: NJ Must Have Sports Betting!<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1220\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}