NJ Lawmakers To Operators: Scale Back On Advertising

In an ongoing effort to limit the amount of wagering advertising that residents are subjected to, a New Jersey General Assembly committee Monday morning moved forward a resolution that “condemns the overproliferation of pro-gambling advertising” in the state.

Assembly Resolution 168 doesn’t have any real teeth, but continues to move forward. It follows a trend across the country to clamp down on sports betting marketing and advertising and will be shared with gambling-related agencies in the state.

The resolution was one of several pieces of responsible-gambling-related legislation entertained by the Assembly Committee on Tourism, Gaming, and the Arts, and passed with no discussion. Committee Chairman Ralph Caputo sponsored the resolution and Monday said, “To me, these enticements aren’t doing anything to help the people of New Jersey.” Clearly overwhelmed by the amount of sports betting advertisements on television, radio, and social media, Caputo said the ads were just about operators’ “thirst for revenue.”

New Jersey was the second state behind Delaware to launch brick-and-mortar sports betting after the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act was overturned May 14, 2018, and the first to go live with digital wagering. There are 22 mobile platforms available in the state, ranging from traditional sports betting sites like market leaders DraftKings and FanDuel to exchange wagering platform Prophet Exchange to trading platform Sporttrade. Many also offer iCasino.

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