![]() ![]() It was a monopoly that existed for many, many years many people benefited. ``In 1976, casinos were approved for Atlantic City. ![]() "This is a very historic day for New Jersey,'' said Assemblyman Ralph Caputo, an Essex County Democrat and former casino worker. Last year, a proposal was unveiled for a Meadowlands casino complete with retail stores and a rock and roll museum, not to mention 200 card tables and some 5,000 slot machines. It doesn't specify locations, but the two most-talked-about proposals are in the Meadowlands sports complex in East Rutherford, where the Jets and Giants play, and in Jersey City. It would authorize two new casinos in separate counties at least 72 miles from Atlantic City. ![]() On a packed general election ballot that also will include presidential candidates, voters will be asked whether to amend the state constitution to repeal a provision that limits casinos only to Atlantic City. ![]()
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