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A2389 • 2026

Permits use of credit card, debit card, or other electronic payment for bingo, raffles, and penny auctions.

Permits use of credit card, debit card, or other electronic payment for bingo, raffles, and penny auctions.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Moen, William F., Jr.
Last action
2026-01-13
Official status
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Tourism, Gaming and the Arts Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Permits use of credit card, debit card, or other electronic payment for bingo, raffles, and penny auctions.

Permits use of credit card, debit card, or other electronic payment for bingo, raffles, and penny auctions.

What This Bill Does

  • Permits use of credit card, debit card, or other electronic payment for bingo, raffles, and penny auctions.
  • Topic: Tourism, Gaming and the Arts Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-13 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced, Referred to Assembly Tourism, Gaming and the Arts Committee

Official Summary Text

Permits use of credit card, debit card, or other electronic payment for bingo, raffles, and penny auctions.
Topic:
Tourism, Gaming and the Arts
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A2389

ASSEMBLY, No. 2389

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman WILLIAM F. MOEN, JR.

District 5 (Camden and Gloucester)

Assemblyman CODY D. MILLER

District 4 (Atlantic, Camden and Gloucester)

Assemblyman WILLIAM B. SAMPSON, IV

District 31 (Hudson)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywomen Katz, McCoy and Reynolds-Jackson

SYNOPSIS

���� Permits use of credit card, debit card, or other
electronic payment for bingo, raffles, and penny auctions.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.

��

An Act

concerning electronic payment for certain legalized games of chance and
supplementing P.L.1954, c.7 (C.5:8-1 et seq.).

����
Be It Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New
Jersey:

���� 1.��� The Legalized Games of
Chance Control Commission shall adopt regulations, pursuant to the
�Administrative Procedure Act,� P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.),
authorizing licensees to accept payment in the form of credit cards, debit
cards, or other electronic payment device for the purpose of allowing an
individual to participate in a raffle, bingo, or penny auction under the
"Bingo Licensing Law," P.L.1954, c.6 (C.5:8-24 et seq.), and the
"Raffles Licensing Law," P.L.1954, c.5 (C.5:8-50 et seq.).

���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect immediately.

STATEMENT

���� This bill would permit the use
of credit cards, debit cards, and other electronic payment devices for the sale
of shares, tickets, or rights to participate in raffles, bingo games, penny
auctions, and any other legalized games of chance the Legalized Games of Chance
Control Commission deems appropriate.� The bill requires the commission to
adopt regulations to accept credit cards and other electronic payments.�
Current law does not expressly permit the use of credit card or electronic
payments to purchase shares, tickets, or rights to participate in legalized
games of chance such as raffles, bingo, and penny auctions.