Sweeney reiterated that stance on Friday. “I just don’t see it reasonably coming back and making sense,” he said. Sweeney said he can’t guarantee a future state Senate president won’t try to revive a public vote. “I don’t see any way where it comes back it was crushed.” “I don’t see it anytime soon, if ever,” he said at the time. New Jersey Senate President Steve Sweeney told the AP in December that casino expansion is on the back burner, at best. New Jersey’s constitution restricts casino gambling to Atlantic City changing that would require a constitutional amendment. But key details about the project were never spelled out, including precisely where the casinos would go and the rate at which they would be taxed.Īnd at least for now, there remains little appetite among the state’s Democratic-controlled Legislature to try again for another public vote on casino expansion. The Meadowlands plans to start taking sports bets on July 15.Īllen’s comments Thursday echoed those he made right after the statewide referendum was defeated by roughly 80 percent to 20 percent. Supreme Court cleared the way for all 50 states to legalize sports betting, which New Jersey quickly did.
