Thousands of jobs and farmland acreage could disappear from the Garden State landscape if New Jersey's horse racing industry does not thrive, according to state Sen. Raymond Lesniak. That's one reason why Lesniak (D-Union) is promoting sports betting and Internet gambling in New Jersey — he says both are key to generating new revenue for the state's fading horse...
Thousands of jobs and farmland acreage could disappear from the Garden State landscape if New Jersey's horse racing industry does not thrive, according to state Sen. Raymond Lesniak.
That's one reason why Lesniak (D-Union) is promoting sports betting and Internet gambling in New Jersey — he says both are key to generating new revenue for the state's fading horse racing industry.
A PolitiFact New Jersey investigation has found that while Lesniak's concern about the future of the horse racing industry in New Jersey is valid, the numbers and statistics he uses to back his argument are not accurate.
Read our Half True ruling at PolitiFactNJ.com, and then join the conversation about it in the comments section below.
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