NJ Appeal Shot Down by Supreme Court

The residents of New Jersey, for the past three years, have told their representatives and federal lawmakers that they support sports betting in their state. New Jersey, Delaware and Nevada all offer online gambling in some form, and the New Jersey proposal would allow for the state to offer legal online and off-line sports betting options to its residents. In the United States gambling online industry, currently just Nevada and Delaware can legally deliver legalized sports gambling. To that end, Governor Chris Christie filed an appeal with the Supreme Court asking for a re-examination of sports gambling. This past Monday, the US Supreme Court judges declined to even examine the dispute. They upheld their 2011 decision, halting any efforts by New Jersey to legalize sports betting at this time. This means that at this time, only legal NJ offshore sports betting sites are an option for residents of the Garden State.  

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Will Canadian Buyout of Poker Stars and Full Tilt Poker Return Legit Online Gambling Reputation to US?

The amount of United States citizens gambling online numbers in the tens of millions. Then why is it that the combined states of Nevada, New Jersey and Delaware count only a couple of hundred thousand registered online gamblers? Those three states form the very small United States online gambling industry of companies based in the United States. Where is everyone going to gamble online? The answer lies in an established offshore gambling market which has been honing its craft and providing Internet gambling options for US citizens for years. Coupled with the 2011 Black Friday shutdown of the three largest online poker sites in the United States, those reputable and respected offshore gambling destinations are very attractive to US players for a lot of reasons.

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US Gambling Online Provider Bovada Increases Casino Promotions for United States Players

Long before the states of Nevada, Delaware and New Jersey decided to legalize state based Internet gambling, Bovada delivered legal sports, casino, horse and poker gambling to residents of the United States. By qualifying for an interactive Internet gaming license from the Kahnawake Gaming Commission in Canada, Bovada now provides industry recognized certification. Way back when, Bodog was the leading Internet jurisdiction for US-friendly gambling. Bodog was founded back in 2000, well before the Department of Justice in the US decided to allow individual states to regulate and license online gambling offerings. The World Trade Organization (WTO) has time and again supported the right of Antigua (Bodog’s licensing provider) to offer Internet gambling services to US customers. Now owning respected Kahnawake licensing makes Bodog’s new entity ever more legitimate.

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United States Gambling Online – What Is and Is Not Legal in the US

This year the World Series of Poker will deliver a $10 million Main Event grand prize. This is the first year since 2006 that the winner of the world’s most popular poker tournament will take home eight figures. More than $50 billion was spent on state-run lotteries last year in the United States. And Las Vegas casinos make over $100 million each spring on March Madness alone. Additionally, March Madness brackets played in sports bars and office pools across the United States involve hundreds of millions, if not billions of dollars. In 2014, a record $119.4 million was wagered at Nevada casinos on the Super Bowl. The bottom line? Americans love to gamble. So with the majority of US citizens believing that responsible adult wagering is acceptable, why is United States gambling online illegal? Well, actually, it is absolutely legal.

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