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State Assembly amends sports betting bill

The odds are now lower on state-sanctioned gambling at home in New Jersey.

State lawmakers have dropped provisions in a proposed sports betting law that would have let state residents place bets from their home computers or smart phones.

Sponsors say the changes were necessary in order to keep Gov. Chris Christie from vetoing the bill, as he did with a measure in March that would have made New Jersey the first state in the nation to approve in-state online gambling.

The bill would still let people bet on sports at Atlantic City casinos and horse tracks around the state.

Final votes still need to be made next month on the bill before Christie acts on it. And if he signs it, a federal ban on sports betting in all but four states would have to be overturned in the courts.

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