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Billionaire Paul Fireman wants to build a casino resort in Jersey City, directly across the water from New York City. (Image: zimbio.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

<\/i>Supporters of New Jersey\u2019s northern casino expansion proposal have launched a new TV ad campaign emphasizing the billions of dollars in potential revenue lost to the casino expansion of neighboring states.<\/p>\n

It highlights the resulting loss of funding for programs aimed at helping\u00a0senior citizens and the disabled.<\/p>\n

OUR Turn NJ, the public issue advocacy group behind the campaign, puts a figure of $15 billion on the loss to New Jersey from casino expansion in neighboring states.<\/p>\n

This is money that would otherwise be spent on vital social programs, funding that\u00a0instead comes out of the taxpayer\u2019s pocket. New Jersey taxpayers have paid $1.8 billion to support such programs, claims the ad.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Pros and Cons<\/b><\/h2>\n

New Jersey<\/a> citizens will vote on November 8th, whether to break Atlantic City\u2019s longstanding monopoly on casinos and sanction two licenses in the north, close to the border with New York. It\u2019s hoped that the move will attract droves of casino-goers from the New York metropolitan area, bolstering the Atlantic City\u2019s struggling casino sector.<\/p>\n

But some believe northern expansion could be a\u00a0nail in the coffin for\u00a0the sector, which has only recently shown signs of stability\u00a0following the closure of a quarter of its casino properties in the past three years.<\/p>\n

The new casinos would cannibalize Atlantic City\u2019s<\/a> market share, which is the right-size currently, according to opponents of northern expansion.<\/p>\n

Blame the Politicians<\/b><\/h2>\n

The new pro-expansion publicity campaign follows recently launched ads by the movement against North Jersey Casinos, which have highlighted public mistrust of politicians in Trenton. A recent TV spot created by the group \u201cTrenton\u2019s Bad Bet\u201d emphasizes the state government\u2019s problems administering pensions for law enforcement, barely mentioning casinos at all.<\/p>\n

Trenton\u2019s Bad Beat is bankrolled by Malaysian Casino giant Genting, which owns a slots parlor in Queens.<\/p>\n

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\u201cInstead of funding our pensions, they gave big contracts to Wall Street.\u00a0The North Jersey casinos would be no different,\u201d asserts the ad. \u201cPoliticians would break promises, special interests would get rich and, when the casinos fail, we would pay the price.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

A poll survey published in July suggested that the expansion push has an uphill battle. Fifty-seven percent of New Jersey voters questioned said they were against the proposed constitutional amendment that would permit the new casinos, while 35 percent were in favor.<\/p>\n

Should the movement prevail, however, <\/span>Hard Rock International is interested in building a casino in partnership with the Meadowlands Racetrack in East Rutherford, home to the New York Giants and New York Jets. There has also been a proposal from Paul Fireman for a project on the waterfront in Jersey City, directly across from Lower Manhattan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Supporters of New Jersey\u2019s northern casino expansion proposal have launched a new TV ad campaign emphasizing the billions of dollars in potential revenue lost to the casino expansion of neighboring states. It highlights the resulting loss of funding for programs aimed at helping\u00a0senior citizens and the disabled. 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