New Jersey lawmakers advance bill blocking online lottery ticket sales

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Bleudog101 — Sat, 30 Nov 2024 21:44:37 GMT

This goon is almost 11.5 years young than I. With his picture thought he was older.

Must be getting a kickback somewhere. Total shame that the lottery player...especially YOUNG ones who are used to the convenience of the Internet to do things to be put on the back burner.

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Todd — Thu, 28 Nov 2024 18:41:59 GMT

I agree BobP, it's ridiculous. But the reason without a doubt is because of political lobbying. Take note of which politicians are pushing this ban. Those same people are undoubtedly receiving millions from the convenience store lobbyists in order to force people to buy the lottery tickets in their stores rather than just using their phone.

It's always about money.

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BobP — Tue, 26 Nov 2024 22:01:18 GMT

This nonsense is on the level of when the blue noses made ice cream sodas illegal on Sunday because the teenagers liked them. The result was the ice cream sunday, everything but the soda. Oh, but the butler services can continue selling tickets for double the retail price, whoop-de-do.

BobP

New Jersey lawmakers advance bill blocking online lottery ticket sales

Lottery Post — Mon, 25 Nov 2024 23:53:03 GMT

Legislators push back against NJ Lottery's attempts to start online sales

By Kate Northrop

A bill that would ban the direct sale of lottery tickets online by the New Jersey Lottery unanimously passed in an Assembly committee meeting, bringing it one step closer to a floor vote.

State legislators are pushing back against the New Jersey Lottery with two bills that would prevent it from selling tickets over the Internet.

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