Sports Betting

It’s increasingly likely that voters will be asked in November to expand sports betting to include collegiate games played in New Jersey or involving schools from the state.

"After a slow start, Pennsylvania casinos are poised to challenge New Jersey's current East Coast internet betting hegemony, if not this year certainly by 2022," industry analyst Anthony Marino told us.

From September, 2018, through April, 2019, 17.8% of calls to the Council on Compulsive Gambling of NJ cited sports gambling as either a primary or secondary problem.

“This year we’re particularly concerned as sports betting is now legal, and we know that more people, even those who didn’t traditionally gamble may gamble on the big game,” Neva Pryor, executive director of the Council on Compulsive Gambling of New Jersey, said.

The New Orleans Saints weren't the only ones who got screwed in the NFC Championship.

Beginning Wednesday, Resorts Casino in Atlantic City will become the latest to take bets on sports.

Former Gov. Chris Christie and NJ Casino Control Commission Chairman Jim Plousis spoke exclusively on WPG Talk Radio 104.1 about what sports betting could mean to Atlantic City and the state.

Monmouth Park CEO Dennis Drazin said Senate President Steve Sweeney asked him to wait for regulations to be in place before taking bets.

A panel of experts is predicting a bright future for Atlantic City and vicinity in the coming weeks and months.

After a seven year battle, New Jersey has won their case in the Supreme Court to make sports betting legal in all states.