Net Betting Bill to Enter Spotlight in New Jersey

30 January 2001
New Jersey Assemblyman Anthony Impreveduto, who last week proposed legislation that would allow Atlantic City casinos to offer online versions of their games, is scheduled to promote his cause during a press conference tomorrow.

The press conference will take place at 2.00 P.M. in the State House, Room 209, Trenton, New Jersey.

Impreveduto, accompanied by Neil Cohen, the bill's co-sponsor, will use the press conference to launch his legislative campaign against unregulated and unscrupulous online casinos that prey on children and consumers.

Under terms of his proposed legislation, licensed Atlantic City casinos would have to maintain strict standards of reliability or risk losing their land-based casino licenses. The legislation would restrict child access to online casinos and protect consumers by offering fully-regulated casinos for gambling, instead of forcing them to choose a site operating under less stringent requirements.

Impreveduto expects several people to help convey his message. He will be joined tomorrow by Pat Rogers, CEO of Internet Gaming Solutions, and Nathan Damianos, the company's vice president of technology. The two are slotted to demonstrate ways that children can be prevented from accessing online gambling sites.

Attorney Thomas Lutz is also slated to join the press conference. Lutz represents a New Jersey resident who filed a lawsuit to collect a $50,000 jackpot that was never paid out by an online casino.