Order Temporarily Suspending Casino and Retail Sports Wagering Operations

The record

Jurisdiction

New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (State casino regulator, Department of Law and Public Safety) · New Jersey

Level

Sector regulator

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)

Issued

2020-03-16 Mar. 16, 2020

Effective

2020-03-16 8:00 p.m. (read as 2020-03-16)

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) (read as 2020-07-02)

In force

Mar. 16, 2020 to July 2, 2020

Quarters

2020 Q22020 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Business closureEvents and venues

Addressees

• The nine Atlantic City casino licensees
• Monmouth Park and Meadowlands racetrack retail sports wagering licensees

Functions reached

• 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)

Collection

State gaming and racing regulators AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING

Operative words

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

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