TRENTON, N.J. (PIX11) -- Sports betting could look a little different in the Garden State under a new bill just introduced in the State House. If passed into law, "micro-bets" in sports games would be banned.

"People are constantly making bets, play after play after play, and there's no let-up," said Assemblyman Dan Hutchison (D-NJ 4th District), the author of bill A5971.

Also known as in-game live betting, micro bets involve betting on the next immediate action in a game. It could be a bet on whether or not the next play will involve a score, or if the next pitch in a baseball game is a ball or strike.

When not serving in the Assembly, Hutchison works as a bankruptcy attorney. "I will help people who have problems with their debts, and a lot of times people are choosing to place bets o

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