Representatives of both parties from new Jersey asked the U.S. Department of justice to leave online gambling games legal.
This is stated in the letter sent yesterday, January 11, the Deputy General Prosecutor Rod Rosenstein, the Associated Press reports. The letter was signed by Republicans and Democrats of new Jersey. Gambling on the Internet is a booming industry in new Jersey, seven casinos to help Atlantic city recover from a three-year period during which 5 of the 12 gambling establishments of the city closed.
At the moment, only four States have legalized online casinos: new Jersey, Nevada, Delaware, and Pennsylvania, but the standards of new Jersey in relation to this are considered the most stringent in the country.
According to opponents of legalizing gambling on the Internet, such a move could lead to the fact that every smartphone, tablet and personal computer will turn into a casino available 24 hours a day and 7 days a week.
But lawmakers in new Jersey said: their staff has proved that online gambling can be made secure and adjustable. «The ban on online gambling games would be an outdated approach to the problem of the 21st century, beating such States as new Jersey which have invested in creating a safe gaming structures on the Internet,» the lawmakers noted.
In 2016, responding to a similar question during the presidential campaign, Donald trump, former casino owner in Atlantic city, said will not take a position because «he has many friends on both sides of the barricades».
