‘ The line that is bottom Congress should leave us alone!’ that is the verdict from New Jersey State Senator Raymond Lesniak (D-Elizabeth) and other Garden State legislators, who used their state’s annual Chamber of Commerce trip to Washington DC a week ago being a platform to denounce the Restoration of America’s Wire Act.

Lesniak, along with Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto, Senate Majority Leader Lou Greenwald and Senate President Steve Sweeney, called on Congress to reject the bill, which can be supported by nevada Sands chairman Sheldon Adelson, and would effortlessly outlaw all forms of online gambling nationwide (apart from horse race), perhaps the sale that is online of tickets.

Leave it towards the States

‘New Jersey policymakers took the initiative to modernize our gaming industry through online gaming,’ said Greenwald.’Yet Congressional action threatens to destroy this innovative and effort that is fledgling it’s a chance to be successful on its very own merits. This problem should be left to the states, whom are best positioned to decide if and exactly how online gaming should work in their communities, not by Washington.’

The bill had been introduced last month by Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) and Representative Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), and disputes the Department of Justice’s clarification that the Interstate Wire Act of 1961 relates only to sportsbetting. This assertion should be overruled, claim Graham and Chaffetz, since it was a made without input from the public.

Nevertheless, Lesniak branded the proposed ban ‘irresponsible’, adding that the federal government has ‘no destination telling states like New Jersey that have currently implemented successful programs to shut them down.’

The legislators warned that a ban would drive customers towards illegal gambling web sites, that might not have the cutting-edge safeguards that are technological New Jersey has been during the forefront of developing. These safeguards benefit customers, offering ‘common feeling protections,’ including stringent measures to prevent children from gambling on line.

Warnings of Dangerous Black Marketplace Sites

‘Instead of a dangerous, overseas market that is black consumers into the State of the latest Jersey have a safe spot to go a program that not only includes essential consumer protections, but also generates several thousand dollars in revenue,’ said Lesniak.

A ban would spell tragedy for nj, Nevada and Delaware the states that have previously regulated online gambling as well as many lotteries across the nation, and is ‘trampling on these states’ rights and threatening individuals’ legal rights,’ said the legislators. Sweeney argued, meanwhile, that the Restoration of America’s Wire Act would curtail progress and growth that is economic.

‘It is disappointing that certain elements are working to dismantle New Jersey’s landmark internet gambling law,’ he stated. ‘New Jersey’s legislation was developed over many years, by having a focus on security and safety. We have quickly become a leader that is national the world of Web gambling, so we simply cannot manage to have all our hard work and work undone by the whims of a few down in Washington.’

Prieto summarized the mood of indignation as he stated: ‘New Jersey has taken aggressive and innovative actions to bring its casino industry into the century that is 21st and is building in the success of those efforts. Much like video gaming at casinos throughout the nation, this is certainly clearly an issue best left for the states to determine and regulate. New Jersey’s program should be left to be successful by itself.’