Regulated Online Poker New Mexico. New Mexico have been negotiating a gambling compact with the Navajo tribe. In New Mexico, the state and the tribes have a rev-share agreement, where the tribes pay the state a part of revenue and in turn the competition is limited. The main issue is that the tribe want the option to withhold payments to the state from their slot revenues if the state regulates any form of online gambling.
| Online Poker Status |
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|---|---|
| Population 21 or older | 1.4 Million |
| Proportion of total US population | 0.66% |
| Live Poker | Yes |
| Estimated year for online regulation | NA |
| Probability - Interstate agreement | NA |
Well the New Jersey online poker market just got a little smaller. Betfair announced that their iPoker room shut down on December 1st, marking an end for the state’s least-successful poker site. The company will continue to offer online casino games to New Jersey residents, however, their poker page is already off the website. Furthermore, […]
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Owned by California’s Pala Band of Mission Indians, Pala Interactive recently made their debut in the New Jersey online gaming market. There’s skepticism surrounding Pala’s ability to compete with better-established brands like WSOP.com and the Party Borgata network. But there’s also some optimism that they can carve a niche for themselves in New Jersey, given that Pala has an experienced iGaming CEO in Jim Ryan. One other possible benefit that they might have going for them – Phil Ivey.
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It’s hard to see many positives from the closure of Ultimate Poker. After all, UP was the first-ever legal poker site to open in the United States. And some think that Ultimate’s failure could give Sheldon Adelson a little more ammunition in his anti-online gaming campaign. But as we’ll explain, there is one great thing to come out of UP’s shutdown, and it has to do with charity.
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If we’re to base New Jersey iGaming success off of Gov. Chris Christie’s lofty prediction of $1 billion, Year One was quite underwhelming. The state’s six online gaming sites (five now) brought in $111 million in revenue, which is a number that many think could stand to improve. And one big potential improvement would be an interstate or international online poker pact.
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California may not have legalized online gaming yet, but the Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel tribe wasn’t waiting around. They recently launched a real money bingo site (DesertRoseBingo.com) for California residents, claiming that their sovereign rights allow them to do so. But California’s Attorney General, Kamala Harris, says not so fast while leveling a lawsuit […]
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