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RENTON, N.J. — New Jersey voters have rejected an attempt to allow casinos at two locations in northern New Jersey, and in another Election Day ballot, agreed to require every penny of the state’s gas tax be dedicated to transportation funding.

Casino rejection

The defeat means casino gambling will remain legal only in Atlantic City, where voters approved it in 1976. The question cannot be placed on the ballot again for two years.

The defeat was expected after expansion backers ended a $10 million ad campaign believing that voters were opposed.