Joanna a New Jersey lawmaker has an idea on how to get more help to Residents who are behind on their water bills as we've reported there are millions of dollars available to help residents pay overdue bills through the low-income household water assistance program legislation cleared by a senate committee yesterday would prohibit water companies that don't participate in the assistance program from shutting off a customer's Water Service utilities have to agree to participate in the program so that customers can receive financial aid but less than 150 of New Jersey's nearly 600 Water and Sewer companies are currently signed up to do so lawmakers also cleared a bill that's being closely watched in Atlantic City the city's former mayor assemblyman Don Guardian has authored legislation that would expand existing internet gaming law to permit betting on Esports events Advocates of competitive video gaming are trying to create some momentum in Atlantic City last fall on Esports Innovation Center opened at Stockton University competitive video gaming attracts a younger crowd Jane buckimevich faculty director of Stockton's Levinson Institute of gaming hospitality and tourism points out the data shows the average age of gamblers is getting younger it's now at 42 whereas in 2019 it was the average age was 50 years of age so I think the explosion of sports betting could be a contributing factor to getting younger gamblers to visit casinos across the U.S but hopefully especially in Atlantic City the 100 Acre Kenilworth Campus of Pharma giant Merck has been acquired by a pair of real estate investment firms the price tag wasn't announced but it's being called one of the largest Life Sciences transactions in the state's history the companies will redevelop the property and Market it out to other firms Merck moved its headquarters to Rahway last year now here's a check on Wall Street trading from today, I'm Rhonda Schaffler those are your top business stories [Music]