North Jersey casino plan gets dimmer, poll shows

If elections will be held today, majority of New Jersey residents will vote against the north Jersey casino referendum.

This was according to the latest poll conducted by Rutgers-Eagleton, which concluded that the chances of a new casino jurisdiction in the Garden State don’t look good.

Citing the poll results that were released on Tuesday, NJ.com reported that almost half or 50 percent of voters want casinos to remain confined in Atlantic City. The figures of the anti-North Jersey referendum has increased by a single point from the group’s last survey.

Atlantic City has been the only place allowed to have casino gambling in New Jersey since casinos opened in the city in 1978. According to the poll, voters who welcome a new gambling jurisdiction in the New Jersey had dropped by 4 points to 40 percent.