With proposals to expand casino gambling to other parts of New Jersey gaining momentum, Atlantic City is faced with an existential choice: fight to the end to try to keep it from happening, or accept it as inevitable and extract the most concessions it can from new, in-state competitors. It’s a question the city and its political and business supporters need to answer soon. Two bills that would ask voters whether to amend the state constitution and expand gambling beyond Atlantic City have been proposed, and lawmakers are touting casino projects in the Bergen County Meadowlands, Jersey City, Newark and…

Caesars Interactive Entertainment is the online gambling section of the Caesars Entertainment company, providing online gaming options for players located within the borders of New Jersey. The New Jersey Gaming Enforcement Division has fined the group $15,000 for an online gambling violation involving gamblers who are on the self-exclusion list of the state. The self-exclusion list is a list for gamblers who want to prevent themselves from taking part in casino gaming. Players can add their name to the list so they will not be allowed to enter in to any gaming facilities. Caesars Entertainment was fined for soliciting the…

NetEnt, the leading gaming solutions provider, has signed its first US customer agreement for the delivery of a full suite of multichannel online casino games to bwin.party and Borgata brands in New Jersey. bwin.party operates New Jersey’s market leading online gaming platform, which supports the Borgata Online Casino, Borgata Online Poker and Party Poker New Jersey brands. As the Company has already announced, NetEnt has applied for a license to offer its games in New Jersey, and is awaiting approval from the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement to commence operations, while its application for a full license is under…

New Jersey gambling regulators won’t prosecute companies that help facilitate illegal Internet gambling if they knock it off within 150 days. In an advisory bulletin last week, New Jersey Gaming Enforcement Director David Rebuck said his agency will not prosecute any company that promoted, marketed or directed New Jersey customers to illegal Internet betting sites after legal Internet gambling began here in November 2013, provided they cease such activity in the next five months. The same amnesty will apply to companies that helped facilitate Internet bets after passage of a 2006 Unlawful Internet Gambling law. “It is clear that those…

Gov. Chris Christie says he’d be in favor of approving partnerships of the kind soon to be announced between the Florida-based Hard Rock gaming company and the Meadowlands Racetrack for a casino in north Jersey — as long as tax revenues from such ventures would help pay to revitalize ailing Atlantic City. Speaking on his monthly radio show, Christie said that while no one had presented the proposal to him, he had heard “rumblings” that the state Legislature planned to place the idea on the November ballot for a statewide referendum on expanding gaming to the northern part of the…

On an earnings call today covering Amaya’s 1Q15 results, CEO David Baazov reiterated that PokerStars NJ remains “on track” for approval and launch in the third quarter of 2015 as outlined in Amaya’s last call. Baazov’s statement echoes sentiments expressed recently by New Jersey regulators and the owner of PokerStars’ NJ partner Resorts AC. Baazov offered somewhat mixed commentary on California, sounding both positive and non-committal notes that lacked specificity (understandable given the muddy waters surrounding the issue). “We’re very pleased with the efforts and what we see,” said Baazov, adding that “we’re very very excited about what momentum we…