Sportsbook’s in New Jersey and Sports betting has gamblers going to great lengths to place their bets. In order to place a legal sports bet, gamblers must be within New Jersey’s borders, which is causing people from out of state to travel, just to sportsbook in New Jersey.
According to FanDuel, 13 percent of its sportsbook users in New Jersey live in New York and Pennsylvania.
Since New Jersey began taking sports bets in mid-June, sports betting in New Jersey betting has attracted more than $336 million in bets. People with lucky feelings on professional sports — and enough confidence to put their money where their mouths are.
Take L. Berner, who lives in Philadelphia but works in a Trenton rail yard for Amtrak, places his bets during his morning rest break.
“It’ll definitely be easier when it comes to Pennsylvania, but for now, I’m at work in New Jersey, so I can do it there,” he said.
Pennsylvania will begin allowing sports bets in a few weeks, but for now, New Jersey is the only option for the 31-year-old, who makes $5 bets on eight-team parlay cards that pay off hundreds of dollars – providing he picks all eight games correctly. Two weeks ago, he won $895 on one such bet.
For fellow Pennsylvania resident Mr Tonzelli, sports betting is his job. The 44-year-old professional gambler from Bensalem crosses the Ben Franklin or Burlington-Bristol bridges over the Delaware River into New Jersey five days a week to make sports bets – lots of them.
He has made $380,000 worth of sports bets since August and is down about $3,000 since then.