Legally licensed offshore Internet casinos, poker rooms and sportsbooks have always offered, and continue to offer, reliable credit card account funding to US and international gamers. However, using your preferred piece of plastic to open and finance an online web casino or poker account offered by the new state-sponsored legislation in the United States is not as easy. Kudos to the usually grumpy and “no fun allowed” Department of Justice in the United States for allowing individual states to now decide their own Internet gambling destiny. Now it is up to those state legislators to cajole and incentivize financial institutions to deliver competent credit card account funding for real money Internet gaming accounts.
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NJ Officially Launches Real Money Internet Casino and Poker
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.
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 …
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.
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 …
Pennsylvania Legislature Pitches Online Gambling Bill – Again
Nevada, Delaware and New Jersey are all in. California, Massachusetts, Ohio, Idaho, Hawaii and several other states want to join the party. What are we referring to? Online gambling of course. Back in early February we informed you of a possible move by Pennsylvania legislators to introduce House Bill 1235, a long-awaited online gambling bill. …
Chicago Casino Gambling Bill Proposes Online Illinois Wagering
You might think that the recent veto by Illinois Governor Pat Quinn regarding expanding brick-and-mortar gambling in his state would mean bad things for the future of Internet gambling in the Prairie State. But state Senator Terry Link did not let that decision dissuade him from proposing a bill that would call for statewide legalization of online gambling in Illinois. The bill is titled the Chicago Casino Development Authority Act, but it extends well past the Windy City.