Joining Nevada and Delaware as the only three US states legally offering Internet gambling options, New Jersey’s Atlantic City casino-based Internet gambling empire has officially been established. Running a minimal number of websites licensed through Atlantic City’s brick-and-mortar casinos, the Garden State experienced minimal problems on its first few days of test launch Internet gambling access. Only residents of and travelers to Atlantic City and other parts of New Jersey can legally access this history making Internet gambling industry, and with less than one week of virtual Vegas style gambling under its belt, state legislators are already looking to the future and possible expansion of their New Jersey online casino and poker platforms.
Year: 2013
Delaware Makes History As First State to Deliver a Full Suite of Internet Gambling
Delaware chose Halloween night to deliver some frightfully good news to its state’s residents and visitors. The First State made history as the first state to deliver what Delaware legislators are calling a “full suite” of Internet gambling options for real money. After the United States Department of Justice gave each individual state the go-ahead …
California Internet Poker Bill – Tribal Coalitions and CA Senator Pushing for Passage
Even though the California Legislature has finished the 2013 session without ruling on Internet poker and online gambling legislation in the Golden State, many industry analysts and poker proponents both in California and elsewhere in the United States believe early 2014 passage of an Internet poker Bill is a foregone conclusion. John Pappas is the Executive Director of the nonprofit Poker Players Alliance (PPA) in the US, a local organization with powerful backers which has been a vocal proponent for legal Internet poker in the United States for some time.
Online Gaming Giant Zynga Axes US Online Gambling Plans
Zynga is a company that is well known by many of the more than 1 billion regular Facebook users. Some of the most used applications on that social networking giant are “play money” casinos and poker rooms, and the undisputed king of that venue is Zynga. Recently their shares skyrocketed, as did the hopes of US online gamblers, when the company dramatically announced they were seeking Internet interactive licensing in Nevada which would allow them to offer real money gambling applications and games online. However, the company’s shares and the finger-crossed dreams of prospective real money online gamblers in the United States were both dashed this week.
US Poker Bill Champion Joe Barton – Greatest Fake Money Player in the World
I have never regarded myself as the best “anything” in the world, but I guess that is where I differ from Texas congressman Joe Barton. The lifelong card player and lover of both play money and real money poker recently introduced a US online poker bill that proposes nationwide legislation. HR 2666 is titled the Internet Poker Freedom Act, and was created by Barton to offer a safe and consistent US online poker experience for all 50 states. It is similar in some ways to Congressman Peter King’s (R-NY) recently introduced US internet gambling bill, but Barton actually owns a poker pedigree.
NJ Casinos In Internet Gambling Battle for First License
What do Nevada online poker and Donald Trump have to do with Jersey shore casinos battling for the first-ever Internet gaming license in the Garden State? Maybe everything. The state of New Jersey had imposed a deadline of July 7 for any company wishing to provide its state’s residents with online casino gambling. Since The Donald’s physical Taj Mahal casino was one of the 12 brick-and-mortar NJ casino companies in Atlantic City to make it just under the wire and turn in their Internet gaming license in time, they stand an equal chance at obtaining the coveted first license.
NY Congressman Presents Nationwide Gambling Legislation
In late 2011 the Department of Justice decided to allow each individual state their own voice in the online gambling argument. Soon after, Nevada was the landmark first state to pass online gambling legislation. Delaware and New Jersey have since also legalized online gambling in some form for their residents and visitors. There are also another dozen or so states which are currently pushing for online gambling, but there is at least one United States law maker who would like to see a blanket piece of legislation which would regulate the entire US.
Connecticut Pequot Indian Tribe and GameAccount Join for Online Gambling
The state of Connecticut recently moved much closer to offering online gambling opportunities to its residents and visitors. The Foxwoods Resort Casino is a gambling mainstay in The Constitution State, and it was recently reported that they have developed a partnership with the GameAccount Network in agreement to offering online gambling opportunities in Connecticut, and …
888-Scientific Gaming Named Delaware Online Gambling Provider
Delaware is currently one of only three states in the US to legalize online gambling within its state boundaries. Just this week, state officials with the Delaware Lottery named a vendor that would be handling their online gambling. Scientific Games International and UK online gambling giant 888 Holdings joined in a limited venture and bid …
Ultimate Poker Deals First Legal Hand of US Online Poker In Nevada
Oh, the topsy-turvy world of US online poker. It was legal, and then it was illegal, and then it was legal again. Currently Nevada, Delaware and New Jersey have legislation allowing for legalized online gambling in their states. That is thanks to the Department of Justice in late 2011 deciding that online gambling should be regulated at the state level, not the federal level. It has since taken more than a year for all the bugs to be worked out, but at Noon EST on Tuesday, April 30, the first official hand of legalized US online poker will be dealt in Nevada.