New Jersey Statutes

N.J. Stat. § 5:12-138 (2026)

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138. No applicant for or holder of a casino license, nor any holding, intermediary or subsidiary company thereof, nor any officer, director, casino key employee or principal employee of an applicant for or holder of a casino license or of any holding, intermediary or subsidiary company thereof nor any person or agent on behalf of any such applicant, holder, company or person, shall directly or indirectly, pay or contribute any money or thing of value to any candidate for nomination or election to any public office in this State, or to any committee of any political party in this State, or to any group, committee or association organized in support of any such candidate or political party; except that the provisions of this section shall not be construed to prohibit any individual who is a candidate for the governing body of Atlantic City from contributing to the candidate's own campaign.

5:12-139 Casino license fees.

139. Casino License Fees.

a. The division shall, by regulation, establish fees for the issuance of casino licenses. The issuance fee shall be based upon the cost of investigation and consideration of the license application and shall be not less than $200,000.00.

b. The Attorney General shall certify actual and prospective costs of the investigative and enforcement functions of the division, which costs shall be the basis, together with the operating expenses of the commission, for the establishment of annual license issuance and renewal fees.

c. A nonrefundable deposit of at least $100,000.00 shall be required to be posted with each application for a casino license and shall be applied to the initial license fee if the application is approved.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases, 1989–2020 · leading case: DePaul v. Commonwealth, 969 A.2d 536 (Pa. 2009).

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DePaul v. Commonwealth, 969 A.2d 536 (Pa. 2009). · cites it 2× “N.J. Stat. Ann. § 5:12-138 . Finally, Louisiana has the most comprehensive ban, as it encompasses casino and riverboat licensees, distributors/suppliers or manufacturers of gaming devices, any person who owns a casino or riverboat in or on which gaming activities are licensed,…”

Matter of Petition of Soto, 565 A.2d 1088 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. 1989). “SOTO FOR A DECLARATORY RULING AS TO THE APPLICABILITY OF N.J.S.A. 5:12-138 TO CERTAIN POLITICAL ACTIVITIES.”

In re 1983 Audit Report of Belcastro, 595 A.2d 15 (Pa. 1991). “Other states employ statutory language similar to that of Pennsylvania and determine on a case-by-case basis what constitutes "professional services.”

Deon v. Barasch, 341 F. Supp. 3d 438 (M.D. Penn. 2018). “4 The Court noted that although New Jersey and Louisiana's bans had survived judicial scrutiny, the others had never been tested in court.”

Pasquale Deon, Sr. v. David Barasch, 960 F.3d 152 (3rd Cir. 2020). “§§ 462 to 467); New Jersey ( N.J. Stat. Ann. § 5:12-138 ); New Mexico ( N.”

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