{"id":"AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-080","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (State casino regulator, Department of Law and Public Safety)","state":"NJ","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-GAMING-RACING","eco":"","issuer":"Division of Gaming Enforcement, Director David L. Rebuck","authority":"N.J.S.A. 5:12-96; EO 104 (2020) para. closing casino gaming floors at 8:00 p.m. Mar. 16, 2020 (Ex. NJ-002)","instrument":"Order Temporarily Suspending Casino and Retail Sports Wagering Operations","title":"Action of the Division of Gaming Enforcement to Temporarily Suspend Casino and Retail Sports Wagering Operations pursuant to N.J.S.A. 5:12-96 (nine Atlantic City casino licensees and two racetrack sports wagering lounges)","dateIssued":"2020-03-16","effective":"2020-03-16 8:00 p.m.","end":"Vacated as to eight casinos and the two racetrack lounges effective 6:00 a.m. July 2, 2020 (Ex. 019); as to Borgata July 23-26, 2020 (Ex. 021)","startDate":"2020-03-16","endDate":"2020-07-02","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3"],"types":["CLOSE","EVT"],"addressees":["The nine Atlantic City casino licensees","Monmouth Park and Meadowlands racetrack retail sports wagering licensees"],"clause":"IT IS on this 16th day of March, 2020, ORDERED that the retail casino wagering and retail sports wagering operations of the nine casino licensees and retail sports wagering operations of the two racetrack retail sports wagering licensees shall be suspended at 8:00 p.m. on March 16, 2020;... IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that casino, simulcast facilities and retail sports wagering lounges shall not reopen, and gaming and wagering activities shall not recommence, until the Director of the Division vacates the suspension of those operations by written order.","enforcement":"Suspension of operations under N.J.S.A. 5:12-96; licensees to implement internal controls \u0027to effectuate the orderly closure and cessation of all casino operations, casino simulcasting operations and retail sports wagering operations to the public\u0027 (N.J.S.A. 5:12-99); reopening only by written order of the Director","functions":["SF casino gaming floors of all nine Atlantic City casinos closed 108 days","EVT casino concert and entertainment venues closed (EO 104)","AM simulcast facilities and racetrack sports wagering lounges closed","LG, FB casino-hotel lodging and dining closed with the premises under EO 104/107","WF roughly 26,000 casino employees idled (see Ex. 028 for the Pennsylvania analogue)"],"notes":"The regulator\u0027s own closure instrument for Atlantic City; the reopening orders (Exs. 018-021) recite it and vacate it casino by casino. Text via OCR of the scanned signed order.","sourceUrl":"https://www.nj.gov/oag/ge/docs/EmergencyOrders/COVID19_CasinoClosure.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":46178,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING","url":"/library/AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-080","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-080","citation":"Division of Gaming Enforcement, Director David L. Rebuck, Order Temporarily Suspending Casino and Retail Sports Wagering Operations (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-080)","stateName":"New Jersey","related":["SEC-06-026"]}