With few regulations in place, gambling companies are going all-in to attract as many customers as possible – with younger, sports-obsessed and smartphone-savvy Americans particularly vulnerable.
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Researchers who analyzed every sports bet placed online since 2018 found that young adults are the fastest-growing group of bettors, with more than 70% of them placing in-game bets.
A recent study found that an unexpected run in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament can boost enrollment.
In principle, some portion of the shoreline is public land along virtually all US coasts. But these can sometimes overlap with private property interests, creating confusion and conflict.
Racism was an early hallmark of the New Jersey State Police, and remains challenging for police agencies in the 21st century.
The 2020 presidential election will be the first in nearly 40 years conducted without protections from a court order that forbid the GOP from using voter intimidation at the polls.
Republicans are free again to recruit poll watchers – four decades after ‘ballot security’ operations helped steer New Jersey’s 1981 gubernatorial race toward their candidate.
Infection rates of COVID-19 have soared among prisoners in the US. An expert on penal policy considers what is ‘unjust and disproportionate’ punishment at this time.
Many of the public employee pension plans run by states don’t have enough money in them to make upcoming pension payments to retired state workers. The pandemic could make that problem much worse.
Small-scale dairy farmers are struggling across the US – but in New Jersey they’ve developed a model that keeps their products and their customers local.
Skiing in a mall is bizarre enough. But a mall dubbed the ‘American Dream’ – when malls are vanishing, along with the postwar vision of the American Dream – is its own brand of eerie dissonance.
Recent scandals involving economic development programs in New Jersey and Maryland highlight their many flaws, including a lack of oversight and their ineffectiveness.
Flint’s highest recorded lead levels were typical for water systems that report problems. What’s more, a number of cities haven’t reported their lead issues.
There is a new type of tick spreading in New Jersey, and it doesn’t need a male to reproduce. It’s known to spread disease and is proving
difficult to eradicate.
With leagues lobbying for their share, a thriving illegal market that needs to be stifled, and bettors chomping at the bit, the headaches are just beginning.
Many states are pondering making gambling on sports legal after the US Supreme Court overturned a federal ban. But is the industry really worth as much as some say it is?
But those hoping for a boon in tax revenues could be sorely mistaken: Sports betting isn’t as lucrative as it’s often portrayed to be.
If you own property and make less than US$200,000, the Republican tax overhaul is likely going to eliminate a tax deduction you use.
Standardized test scores drive many of our decisions about students, teachers and school districts. But research shows that the results are highly predictable, in a bad way.
A study of the three casinos Donald Trump owned in Atlantic City shows they performed far worse than their rivals, losing more jobs and revenue.
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Professor and Director, Center for Gambling Studies, Rutgers University
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Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
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Associate Professor of History and American Studies, Rutgers University - Newark
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Professor of the Practice and Faculty Director of the Master's in Applied Intelligence, Georgetown University
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Clinical Associate Professor, Boston University
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Dean, The Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs, Cleveland State University
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Knight Chair in Sports Journalism and Society, Penn State
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William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College
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Chancellor, Rutgers University - Newark
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Professor of Law and Justice John J Francis Scholar, Rutgers University - Newark
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Professor Emeritus of Journalism and American Studies, Rutgers University - Newark
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Senior Vice Chancellor for Public Affairs, Rutgers University - Newark
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Associate Professor of Law, Rutgers University - Newark
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Visiting Assistant Professor of History, Duke University
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Professor of Law, Temple University
