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United States

Australian Study Finds Online Gaming Does Not Increase Problem Gambling

Will Adelson have to eat his words about Gaming and Problem Gamblers? A common theme in legal US online poker news this year has been Sheldon Adelson’s attempts to thwart internet gaming and protect his Las Vegas Sands empire. Lacking any legitimate data, one of his biggest points is that online gaming will cause an […]

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New Jersey

Will Cancelled $2m Borgata Tournament hurt NJ Online Poker?

It’s never good for poker when a major cheating scandal erupts. It makes players question the legitimacy of games and kills enthusiasm among the recreational player pool. That said, it definitely wasn’t good news when the Borgata and the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement chose to cancel a $2 million guaranteed tournament over counterfeit […]

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New Jersey

New Jersey Online Poker Sites Might be able to Accept Foreign Players

When New Jersey approved and regulated online poker, it was generally thought that if expansion occurred, it would involve intrastate poker with Nevada and other states. But New Jersey State Senator Ray Lesniak isn’t waiting around for this because he’s introduced an amended bill that would allow NJ poker sites to offer services “to persons […]

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New Jersey

Number of NJ Online Poker Accounts is Impressive but Could be Higher

After one month of regulated online gaming in New Jersey, the numbers are in: 91,531 players have created an account so far. The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement has yet to find out how many of these accounts are actually playing for real money. But we can reasonably assume that thousands of people are […]

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