It's now official, New Jersey joined the Nevada and Delaware among States to offer legal online poker to its residents.
Six of the 12 casinos in Atlantic City now have an active online poker room.
As we announced earlier this month, PokerStars is part of the major absentees. The giant will have to wait 5 years before you can join with other poker rooms.
The opening follows the 5-day trial period that just ended. This trial period was to correct possible faults, mainly at the level of the process of verification of the location of players.
To date, thirteen platforms offer poker, blackjack and roulette. The two most popular Duets for the moment, PartyPoker/Borgata and WSOP/888 if we did the figures advanced by the site Pokerscout.
Even if PokerStars isn't part and we wanted the sulk officially for the next 5 years, discussions continue between the leaders of PokerStars and theAmerican Gaming Association. Some claimed that PokerStars may possibly have to pay a fine of "bad actor" to regain its right to operate immediately. Other sources have confirmed that the candidacy of PokerStars should be put on ice for the next 5 years and that a fine would be insufficient. The continuation of these negotiations will tell us more about the future of the giant online in New Jersey.
It must be said that the issues covered by this market of nine million inhabitants are not negligible. Governor Chris Christie hopes revenues of one billion dollars for casinos and tax revenue of 150 million. These figures are however to be taken with a flat since other estimates are much less optimistic. The H2 Gambling Capital firm anticipates revenues to come 3 times less important than those expected by Governor Chris Christie.
Among the persons present on-site, 2 figures familiar to fans of MMA: Dana White, former president of the UFC and Frankie Edgar, champion in the category of the 155 pounds of the UFC.
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