Casinos and sportsbooks would be prohibited from sending text messages or push notifications to customers to try to get them to gamble under a bill pending in the New Jersey Legislature.
The bill, introduced Monday, would provide fines of $500 per offense. It was proposed by state Sen. Andrew Zwicker, D-Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset.
“It’s specific to text messages and push notifications to place a wager or replenish an account, two things that studies have shown can contribute to gambling addiction,” Zwicker said.
“We’re speaking two days after the Super Bowl, and there’s a massive barrage of online gambling ads,” he said.
