2017 WSOP Main Event Ends With Rookie Victory

Blumstein wins 2017 WSOP main event

The WSOP marked the end to its 2017 campaign with its no-limit Texas Hold’em main event. New Jersey native Scott Blumstein defeated Pennsylvania’s Daniel Ott on the 246th hand of the final table. The final two players had more than 60 hands between them with a total of $8.1 million and a coveted WSOP golden …

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New Online Poker Site Coming To New Jersey

PalaPoker coming to NJ

As in most of the United States, New Jersey residents must use legitimately regulated online poker sites that are located outside of the country in order to legally access licensed online poker gambling, but there are three main exceptions to that rule. One of those exceptions is the state of New Jersey. Despite the reportedly …

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Washington State Poised To Embrace Legalized Online Poker

Washington State Flag

2015 could turnout to be a ground breaking year for the state of Washington in which they take a turn away from demonizing online poker and instead embrace it through the legalization of state licensed online poker sites. House Bill 1114 was introduced to the legislature on January 12, 2015 and has been submitted for …

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Conservatives and Libertarians Rally to Oppose Online Gambling Ban

Grover Norquist and Lawson Bader and other conservative advocates joined together to stop Congress from banning US based internet gambling associated with US online poker and casinos,  through the “Restore America’s Wire Act”. These efforts were conducted using a coalition letter signed by many officials. The letter stated that the purpose of this bill was to remove the 10th amendments authority to regulate online gambling as states feel is necessary. The letter went on to discuss their hopes that RAWA would not become another instance where the government took over the states’ rights to make decisions they are capable of making. It was made clear in the letter that they were opposed to this legislation, since they feel it takes away rights that should be afforded to the state. They feel the states should be entrusted with regulating the gambling that goes on within their territories.

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Poker Players Alliance Targets Political Jokers

The Poker Players Alliance (PPA) has announced its 2014 edition of “The Jokers,” a listing of 22 politicians who have advocated to prohibit online poker in the United States, either at the federal or state level, and are up for election this year. The PPA is urging site visitors who reside in the states of the respective politicians to contact those lawmakers prior to Election Day on Tuesday to express their opinion on controversial legislation regarding online poker. The announcement concludes by suggesting that, “It’s time to take the ‘jokers’ out of the deck!”

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Ultimate Gaming Leaves New Jersey After Taj Mahal Closure, Nonpayment

Ultimate Gaming runs 2 sites in New Jersey currently, but not for long. The company that claims nearly 50% of the online poker gambling in Nevada has not done nearly as well in the Garden State. Last week’s announcement that Ultimate Gaming was shutting down both the ucasino.com and ultimatepoker.com operations in New Jersey follows close …

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No Cannibalization – Over 75 Percent of Online Gamblers are New to The Brand

In yet another instance of data showing that cannibalization of land-based casinos is simply not occurring due to online gambling, Boyd Gaming released its July 2014 revenue statement. For the first time since online gambling launched in New Jersey in late November, Boyd Gaming has broken even. Not bad for an industry that is only 9 months old, according to Keith Smith, the Chief Executive Officer of Boyd Gaming. Legal gambling is represented by the company’s partnership with Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment. Smith said recent data showed that more than 75% of the New Jersey online gambling participants frequenting his company’s website “are not active players of Borgata”. Several other important studies have showed that the theory claiming cannibalization of physical casino revenue by online casinos is unfounded. Data has consistently proven the same claim – that online gamblers in the United States generally are not the same type that enjoy traveling to a land-based casino.

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Online Gambling Proponents Outspending Adelson 4 to 1

For some time now it has been public knowledge that billionaire Sheldon Adelson is not a fan of online gambling in the United States. The Las Vegas Sands CEO has been a vocal proponent of any type of Internet casino and poker gambling, whether offered at the individual state or at the federal levels in the US. He publicly vowed to spend “as much money as it takes” to shut down the growing US online gambling industry recently, but he may have a problem. If Adelson sees virtual gambling as a threat to his physical casinos, online gambling proponents and business owners definitely see Mister Adelson as a threat to their well-being and existence. And they are fighting back.

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