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Report and Recommendations on the New Jersey State Commission of Investigation on the Abuse and Misuse of Credit Controls at Atlantic City Casinos

NCJ Number
95244
Date Published
1983
Length
320 pages
Annotation
Transcripts of testimony by New Jersey casino owners, credit managers, pit bosses, gambling addicts, and others is presented during 4 days of hearings on casino credit.
Abstract
The State Commission of Investigation (SCI) concluded that the testimony constituted an 'extremely harsh indictment' of casino credit. Consequently, the SCI called for a prohibition against credit at casinos and commended that position to the legislature. In addition, the SCI proposed the following reforms for alternative legislative and regulatory action: repeal all statutory provisions which authorize the extension of credit at casinos; eliminate the provision that allows a casino licensee to deduct a percentage of uncollectible gambling debts from gross revenue subject to the State gambling tax; exclude undesirables immediately; require chip cashers to pay markers; prohibit the solicitation of a tip by casino employees; require that casinos deposit all counter checks in a bank for payment within 14 days of the date of transaction; increase civil penalties for miscnoduct from $10,000 to $100,000 for individuals and from $50,000 to $1 million for corporations; require casinos to redeem a credit gambler's most recent counter check; expand identification requirements; require better security and closer surveillance; and mandate that a returned check is uncollectible 'only if sufficient documentation' has been obtained verifying uncollectibility.