Bill > S2365

Introduced Session

This bill establishes the New Jersey Unified Responsible Gambling Evaluation Board to review and assess current gambling practices in the State, recommend reforms to support responsible gambling and address problem gambling, and provide resources to the general public regarding problem gambling. The board, at a minimum, will: (1) study the rate of persons gambling in this State, the methods of placing wagers, including in-person retail and online wagering, the types of gambling most frequently engaged in, rates of underage or otherwise illegal gambling, and the prevalence of problem gambling; (2) review existing responsible gambling practices being implemented by casinos, sportsbooks, racetracks, the State Lottery, and other gambling operators, and those required or supported by the State; (3) assess the effectiveness of current responsible gambling practices, and gambling education, treatment, and prevention programs; (4) identify trends in gambling, including new methods of social gambling which may disproportionately affect young people, and how other states may be responding to such trends; and (5) compile information and resources available through various different government entities and sites, and through the private sector. The board will also establish and maintain an Internet website that will serve as a hub for all State publications and reports related to gambling, and for resources that are available to persons struggling with gambling addiction. All State agencies and entities will be required to prominently share a link to the board's Internet website on their own Internet website, in order to promote all the resources and information being collected by the board.

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John McKeon (D)*, 

Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee (on 01/13/2026)

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