New Jersey Democrats Race to Get Casino Expansion on 2016 Ballot
- Bergen County senator says talks focused on timing, strategy
- Meadowlands operator says his plan would bring in $500 million
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Democrats who control the New Jersey legislature are in talks to get a measure on the November 2016 ballot that would ask voters to allow casinos outside Atlantic City.
The move requires an amendment to the constitution, which limited gambling houses to the seaside resort at the state’s southern end nearly 40 years ago. State Senator Paul Sarlo, a Democrat from Wood-Ridge in Bergen County, said allowing gambling in other towns is crucial to reclaim tax revenue that has gone to New York and Pennsylvania.