Jeff Ifrah is the co-founder and general counsel of the iDevelopment and Economic Association
New Jersey has a proud history of innovation.
It’s where Thomas Edison invented the light bulb, where Atlantic City built the world’s first boardwalk, and where the first college football game was played. More recently — in 2013 — New Jersey became the national trailblazer in legal, regulated online gambling. It set the standard for licensing, consumer protections and tax policy, helping to shape a thriving industry that has created tens of thousands of good-paying jobs and generating billions in economic investment over the past decade.
According to the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement, 2024 was the most successful yet for the gaming industry in the Garden State’s history, with total gaming revenue soaring to nearly $6.3 billion and over 55% of that revenue coming from iGaming and sports betting.
