from the USTA Communications Department

Columbus, OH — Therepublic.com is reporting that a New Jersey lawmaker who expects voters to reject a plan to expand casinos to the northern part of the state is eyeing other ways to get slot machines into the state’s racetracks — preferably ones that don’t involve asking the public for permission.

Assemblyman Ralph Caputo, a northern New Jersey Democrat and former casino worker, told The Associated Press on Monday (Oct. 17) he will amend two bills he introduced this year to authorize video lottery terminals at state racetracks including the Meadowlands in East Rutherford and Monmouth Park in Oceanport.

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