If casino vote fails, should N.J. put video lottery machines at racetracks?
TRENTON — A state lawmaker has a backup plan if New Jersey voters reject next month’s ballot referendum to bring casino gambling to the northern part of the state: Installing slot machine-like gaming at the Garden State’s racetracks. Assemblyman Ralph Caputo said Monday that should the referendum fail — as polls predict it will — he…
Absolutely……the bill was very poorly written and intentionally excluded Monmouth Park from offering casino style gambling….the amount of revenue they are talking about sharing is a tiny fraction of what the tracks need to be able to compete with horse tracks in surrounding states.