New Jersey § 5:12-71
Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 5:12-71, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 5:12-71.
a. A person who is prohibited from gaming in a licensed casino or simulcasting facility
by any provision of P.L.1977, c. 110 ( C.5:12-1 et seq. ) or any order of the director, commission, or court of competent jurisdiction, including
any person on the self-exclusion list pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2001, c. 39 ( C.5:12-71.2 ), shall not collect, in any manner or proceeding, any winnings or recover any losses
arising as a result of any prohibited gaming activity. b. For the purposes of P.L.1977, c. 110 ( C.5:12-1 et seq. ), any gaming activity in a licensed casino or simulcasting facility which results
in a prohibited person obtaining any money or thing of value from, or being owed any
money or thing of value by, the casino or simulcasting facility shall be considered,
solely for purposes of this section, to be a fully executed gambling transaction. c. In addition to any other penalty provided by law, any money or thing of value which has been obtained by, or is owed to, any prohibited person by a licensed
casino or simulcasting facility as a result of wagers made by a prohibited person
shall be subject to forfeiture following notice to the prohibited person and opportunity
to be heard. A licensed casino or simulcasting facility shall inform a prohibited person of the
availability of such notice on the division's Internet website when ejecting the prohibited
person and seizing any chips, vouchers or other representative of money owed by a
casino to the prohibited person as authorized by this subsection. Of any forfeited amount under $100,000, one-half shall be deposited into the State
General Fund for appropriation by the Legislature to the Department of Human Services to provide funds for compulsive gambling treatment and prevention programs
in the State and the remaining one-half shall be deposited into the Casino Revenue
Fund. Of any forfeited amount of $100,000 or more, $50,000 shall be deposited into the
State General Fund for appropriation by the Legislature to the Department of Human Services to provide funds for compulsive gambling treatment and prevention programs
and the remainder shall be deposited into the Casino Revenue Fund. d. In any proceeding brought by the division against a licensee or registrant pursuant
to section 108 of P.L.1977, c. 110 ( C.5:12-108 ) for a willful violation of the commission's self-exclusion regulations, the division
may order, in addition to any other sanction authorized by section 129 of P.L.1977,
c. 110 ( C.5:12-129 ), the forfeiture of any money or thing of value obtained by the licensee or registrant
from any self-excluded person. Any money or thing of value so forfeited shall be disposed of in the same manner
as any money or thing of value forfeited pursuant to subsection c. of this section.
Frequently Asked Questions About New Jersey § 5:12-71
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