New Jersey voters rejected the previous push for gambling expansion emphatically, but the pro-casino campaign, funded by Gural, among others, said the referendum was not a rejection of the idea of a casino in north Jersey but rather a rejection of the political status quo.<\/p>\n
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The opposition campaign, funded by Malaysian casino giant Genting, which has a casino in New York, called itself \u201cTrenton\u2019s Bad Bet.\u201d Smartly, it focused almost entirely on the perceived untrustworthiness of the New Jersey politicians, rather than the casinos themselves.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
“Trenton political bosses are up to their old games,” claimed one TV spot that went on to assert that lawmakers would use new casino revenue however they wanted, \u201cjust like they did when they bailed out Donald Trump’s failing casinos.”<\/p>\n
With a new administration comes new hope for Meadowlands and the supporters of casino expansion. But state politicos still need to convince voters they are worthy of their trust if they are to gain support for casino gaming on New Jersey\u2019s northern border.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
New Jersey has a new Democratic governor, Phil Murphy, and that means a casino in north Jersey is back on the agenda. That\u2019s according to former Democratic State Assemblyman Vincent Prieto, who is newly appointed by Murphy as president of the New Jersey Sports & Exposition Authority. Prieto told the Meadowlands Regional Chamber on Tuesday […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":73950,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,18,1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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