[mylife]

It applies to all restaurants, bars and entertainment forums, except those in the casinos of Atlantic City. "This is ridiculous! For you to enjoy a cocktail and a cigarette together in a public place, you’ll have to go to Atlantic City and put a quarter in a slot machine,’’ Travia complained.

She said the casinos "paid big money to be eliminated from that bill. They paid off, to get casinos off of that bill."

It is pretty obvious that the Casinos paid off the Jersy politicians

[The Foolkiller]

It is pretty obvious that the Casinos paid off the Jersy politicians

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Hell, who DOESN'T pay them off? Most corrupt state in the union, IMO.

[Calpernia]

It is a pay off from both ends. The grant monies that come from the Cigarette Restitution Fund and the revenues from the Casinoes. The powers that be don't lose.

[Windcatcher]

How that doesn't violate the 14th Amendment is beyond me.

I was going to write something to clarify how NJ has some rather (ahem) liberal laws about such places, but I might get into trouble here. Suffice to say that whenever any of my friends got the bright idea that we should all go to such a place, it was always on NJ's side of the river.