New Jersey § 5:12-119
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§ 5:12-119.
Gaming by Certain Persons Prohibited; Penalties; Defenses. a. A person under the age at which a person is authorized to purchase and consume alcoholic
beverages shall not enter, or wager in, a licensed casino or simulcasting facility; provided, however,
that the person may enter a casino or simulcasting facility by way of passage to another room,
and provided further, however, that any person licensed or registered under the provisions of the “Casino Control Act,” P.L.1977,
c. 110 ( C.5:12-1 et seq. ), may enter a casino or simulcasting facility in the regular course of the person's
permitted activities. Any person who violates this subsection shall be guilty of a disorderly persons offense
and shall be fined not less than $500 and not more than $1,000. b. Any licensee or employee of a casino who allows a person under the age at which
a person is authorized to purchase and consume alcoholic beverages to remain in or
wager in a casino or simulcasting facility is guilty of a disorderly persons offense;
except that the establishment of all of the following facts by a licensee or employee
allowing any underage person to remain shall constitute a defense to any prosecution therefor: (1) That the underage person falsely represented in writing that he or she was at
or over the age at which a person is authorized to purchase and consume alcoholic
beverages; (2) That the appearance of the underage person was such that an ordinary prudent person
would believe him or her to be at or over the age at which a person is authorized
to purchase and consume alcoholic beverages; and (3) That the admission was made in good faith, relying upon such written representation
and appearance, and in the reasonable belief that the underage person was actually
at or over the age at which a person is authorized to purchase and consume alcoholic
beverages. c. A person who knowingly allows or permits another person who is under his or her
lawful care, custody, or control and who is under the age at which a person is authorized
to purchase and consume alcoholic beverages to wager or attempt to wager in a licensed
casino or simulcasting facility in violation of subsection a. of this section is guilty
of a disorderly persons offense.
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