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New Jersey Sports Betting And Gambling Laws. New Jersey sports betting and gambling laws have become a national talking point and hot-button political issue over the last several years in the push to establish legal New Jersey sports betting. Initially, all gambling was legal in the state, but in 1894, all gambling was banned. NJ Sports Betting Law. The Sports Wagering Law, P.L. 33 makes it very clear that betting on sports in New Jersey is legally authorized. It establishes the Division of Gaming Enforcement as the regulatory body in. Charge of licensing and sports betting markets approval. The law allowed states, and apparently New Jersey was in mind, to allow sports gambling within a year after the law passed. New Jersey the missed the deadline. In 1999, two New Jersey state senators filed a lawsuit in federal court to have the law declared unconstitutional. Online Gambling in New Jersey New Jersey legalized online gambling in February 2013 with a law allowing each of the state’s casinos to partner with software providers to offer casino games and poker to players located within state lines.

Lottery and Gambling Winnings

Winning the Lottery or scoring on a sports wager can change your life in profound ways. Congratulations on your lucky break!

Just remember that your good fortune includes a responsibility to pay taxes and fees on those winnings.

Gambling Winnings:
In 2018, Governor Phil Murphy signed a law that authorized legal sports betting in New Jersey. The law (A4111) allows people, age 21 and over, to place sports bets over the internet or in person at New Jersey's casinos, racetracks, and former racetracks. Sports betting is now among the many forms of gambling winnings that are subject to the New Jersey Gross Income Tax, including legalized gambling (sports betting, casino, racetrack, etc.) and illegal gambling.

Lottery:
New Jersey Lottery winnings from prize amounts exceeding $10,000 became subject to the Gross Income Tax in January 2009.

Withholding Rate from Gambling Winnings
New Jersey Income Tax is withheld at an amount equal to three percent (3%) of the payout for both New Jersey residents and nonresidents (N.J.S.A.

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Withholding Rate from Lottery Winnings
The rate is determined by the amount of the payout. If a prize is taxable (i.e., over $10,000), the entire amount of the payout is subject to withholding, not just the amount in excess of $10,000. The withholding rates for gambling winnings paid by the New Jersey Lottery are as follows:

• 5% for Lottery payouts between $10,001 and $500,000;
• 8% for Lottery payouts over $500,000; and
• 8% for Lottery payouts over $10,000, if the claimant does not provide a valid Taxpayer Identification Number.

New Jersey Income Tax withholding is based on the total amount of the prize won. For example, if two people win a New Jersey Lottery prize of $14,000 and split the proceeds equally, $7,000 of income is taxable to each person and is subject to the 5% withholding rate. Both taxpayers would be subject to the 5% withholding because the total amount of the prize exceeded $10,000.

Companies that obtain the right to Lottery payments from the winner and receive Lottery payments are also subject to New Jersey withholdings. Each company is required to file for a refund of the tax withheld, if applicable.

Lottery

New Jersey Lottery winnings from prize amounts exceeding $10,000 are taxable. The individual prize amount is the determining factor of taxability, not the total amount of Lottery winnings during the year.

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• For example, if a person won the New Jersey Lottery twice in the same year, and the winning prize amounts were $5,000 and $6,000, these winnings would not be subject to New Jersey Gross Income Tax. However, if that person won the Lottery once and received a prize of $11,000, the winnings would be taxable.
• This standard for taxability applies to both residents and nonresidents.
• The New Jersey Lottery permits donating, splitting, and assigning Lottery proceeds to someone else or to a charity. If you choose to donate, split, or assign your Lottery winnings, in whole or in part, the value is taxable to the recipient in the same way as it is for federal income tax purposes.

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Making Estimated Payments
If you will not have enough withholdings to cover your New Jersey Income Tax liability, you must make estimated payments to avoid interest and penalties. For more information on estimated payments, see GIT-8, Estimating Income Taxes.

Out-of-State Sales:
Out-of-state lottery winnings are taxable for New Jersey Gross Income Tax purposes regardless of the amount.

Gambling winnings from a New Jersey location are taxable to nonresidents. Gambling includes the activities of sports betting and placing bets at casinos and racetracks.

Calculating Taxable Income
You may use your gambling losses to offset gambling winnings from the same year as long as they do not exceed your total winnings. If your losses were greater than your winnings, you cannot report the negative figure on your New Jersey tax return. You must claim zero income for net gambling winnings. For more information, see TB-20(R), Gambling Winnings or Losses.

You may be required to substantiate gambling losses used to offset winnings reported on your New Jersey tax return. Evidence of losses can include your losing tickets, a daily log or journal of wins and losses, canceled checks, notes, etc. You are not required to provide a detailed rider of gambling winnings and losses with your New Jersey tax return. However, if you report gambling winnings (net of losses) on your New Jersey return, you must attach a supporting statement indicating your total winnings and losses.

Reporting Taxable Winnings
Include taxable New Jersey Lottery and gambling winnings in the category of “net gambling winnings” on your New Jersey Gross Income Tax return.

A state senator is attempting to close a loophole in New Jersey’s sports betting regulations that has been more of a nuisance than a disaster.

Compared to most states, sports betting in Jersey is pretty efficient. There is some competition in the mobile market, and the brick-and-mortar places upstate and in Atlantic City are decent. They have a problem with seemingly arbitrary limits and general tolerance for professional bettors, and they don’t allow wagering on in-state colleges or college competitions. So it’s not perfect.

There’s no betting on Rutgers, Seton Hall or other Jersey schools. No betting on college games played at the Meadowlands, Boardwalk Hall, or other Jersey facilities. Even hanging a line on Princeton-Penn in a Jersey sportsbook or app will be met with a fine by the Division of Gaming Enforcement.

State Sen. Paul Sarlo (D-Bergen/Passaic) is looking to change that with a proposal he made Monday to allow betting on NCAA-sanctioned tournaments following the announcement that the 2025 men’s NCAA basketball East Regionals will be held in Newark, N.J. But it will be an uphill climb with a piano on his back.

“This is an important opportunity we have to capitalize upon,' Sarlo said in a recent statement that appeared in the Asbury Park Press. 'We need to support and sustain this growing market that is fast becoming a significant part of our regional and state economies. March Madness is a high-profile event on the sports betting calendar, and we should be a key player.”

So why the ban?

Because New Jersey’s sports betting laws are under the state constitution, a voter referendum is needed to make the changes Sarlo seeks. It’s a nice effort, but sports betting observers say it doesn’t go nearly far enough. There would still be a prohibition on betting on regular-season games. Rutgers football, for instance.

“If you’re going to go through the trouble of passing a resolution and having an issue of this magnitude to amend the state constitution, you should go all the way and completely remove the ban on in-state collegiate betting,” said Daniel Wallach, an expert in sports betting law.

“More importantly, from a public policy perspective, the state is basically telling its citizens to go and bet these games in the illegal market or in other states. This has stood, in the last three years, an exception to their record of perfection in the rollout of sports betting. It’s the only thing that prevents that state from having an A-plus for how they’ve handled sports betting.”

Sarlo’s office did not immediately return requests for comment Wednesday, but he at least cast the first stone. There is no restriction in Pennsylvania against collegiate betting.

New Jersey was at the forefront of the fight to end Nevada’s monopoly on traditional sports betting, and the in-state collegiate provision was included in their 2011 bill to make sports betting more appealing to reluctant politicians and residents. It was signed into state law the following year. The federal law overturning Nevada’s dominance toppled in 2018.

» READ MORE: ‘God forbid if Rutgers or Seton Hall ever get to the Final Four’

Wallach and others will point out that many collegiate sports betting scandals have been uncovered by regulated sportsbooks who have noticed unusual patterns in wagering. One provision some states have adapted to mitigate shady behavior is to restrict individual player and team props on collegiate events.

“I think New Jersey has always had a case of post-purchase dissonance over this in-state collegiate betting ban,” said Wallach, a co-founder of the University of New Hampshire’s school of law sports wagering & integrity program. “It seems to me the measure would have passed, at least on the public level, with or without an in-state betting ban.”

BREAKING: New Jersey lawmaker proposes a constitutional amendment that would allow sports betting on college post-season tournaments taking place in NJ, even if they involved NJ schools. Resolution proposed by @PaulASarlo - if OK'd by legislature - would go on ballot next year. pic.twitter.com/cKz4cfkViI

— Daniel Wallach (@WALLACHLEGAL) October 20, 2020

This and that

The top four players on the oddsboard among Eagles to score the game’s first touchdown Thursday are Boston Scott (6-1), Travis Fulgham (10-1), DeSean Jackson (12-1), and Corey Clement (12-1). Scott, Jackson, and Clement haven’t scored a touchdown all year. That’s how banged up the Eagles are.The over/under on Scott’s rushing yards is 49.5. The line on Carson Wentz’s passing yards is 249.5.The Eagles are 5-0 on Thursday nights under Doug Pederson (since 2016) both outright and ATS. The Giants are 0-4 straight up and against the number in that same span.The only people in Dallas feeling worse than Cowboys' fans are Cowboys' bettors. Dallas is 0-6 against the spread. They and the Jets are the only teams without a win ATS.The other three teams in the NFC Least against the spread: New York (3-3), Washington (2-3-1), Eagles (2-4).Interesting wager at the South Point in Vegas last weekend by someone who put $60,000 to win $10,000 on a money-line bet on Temple to beat South Florida. The Owls trailed most of the day, and could only breathe after they stopped a two-point conversion with 63 seconds left to seal a 39-37 win. Great line from a Twitter thread: “Anyone putting 60k on a Temple game isn’t sweating money.”The Owls were laying 14.5 last week and are getting 13.5 Saturday at Memphis. Temple is about +400 on the money line, so if our guy wants to put another 60 large on Temple again, his payout would be $240,000 if they win.Penn State is laying 6.5 at Indiana in Saturday’s season opener for both schools.And finally

Westgate in Las Vegas opened its Week 8 line of Jets-Chiefs at Chiefs -21. It was at 21.5 as of Wednesday afternoon, which would make it the seventh-highest line since 1978. Thought the number would be even higher if the host Chiefs could put 76,000 screaming fans into Arrowhead Stadium.

“In that line range,” said Westgate sportsbook manager Jeff Sherman, “it wouldn’t change if the stadium was at capacity.”

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