Regulated Online Poker Nevada. Nevada and Delaware have joined forces and signed an interstate agreement in February 2014 to allow shared player pools. Obviously, the two small states have trouble with player liquidity. Future will tell if more states will join the same network.
| Online Poker Status |
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|---|---|
| Population 21 or older | 1.9 Million |
| Proportion of total US population | 0.88% |
| Live Poker | Yes |
| Estimated year for online regulation | Regulated online poker since 2013 |
| Probability - Interstate agreement | 100% |
Nevada’s online poker market experienced a sharp 22.5% decrease in August after taking in $742,000 – the lowest total of 2014. This is $243,000 less than the state’s three regulated poker sites (Ultimate Gaming, WSOP.com, Real Gaming) made in July, when the WSOP was going on. At first glance, this seems like a terrible setback […]
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Back in February, Delaware and Nevada formed a pact to share their online poker pools. This was a landmark deal because Delaware and Nevada became the first two states to agree on sharing player liquidity. But while this was definitely a joyous time in US online gaming history, one thing was noticeably missing from the agreement: New Jersey.
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It’s no secret that a lot of online gaming interests would like to keep PokerStars out of the United States. And so far, they’ve been largely successful at doing so because PokerStars has been unable to obtain licensing in Nevada or New Jersey. If 888 CEO Brian Mattingley has his way, it will remain like this […]
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The 2014 World Series of Poker definitely had a positive effect on Nevada online poker. Tens of thousands of players descended upon the Rio this summer, with a decent portion of them checking out Nevada’s online poker offerings. The end result was $1.037 million in June revenue for the state’s three poker sites, WSOP.com, Ultimate […]
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The 2014 World Series of Poker didn’t do much for Ultimate Gaming and their online poker room, Ultimate Poker. After watching their main Nevada competitor, WSOP.com, receive over a 50% traffic boost from the 2014 WSOP, Ultimate Poker saw their traffic increase by a meager 10%. A large part of this was because Caesars Entertainment […]
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