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Online Poker Anniversary in Nevada

At least one website will allow Nevada to celebrate their online poker anniversary. The WSOP.com has managed to survive four years! The company began operating on Sept. 19, 2013, several months after the Nevada Legislature passed Assembly Bill 114 and Gov. Brian Sandoval signed it into law legalizing the business. At the time, skeptics said that if online poker was limited to a few states — the federal push to legalize has fizzled — the industry would struggle. Before Assembly Bill 114’s approval, Anthony Cabot, a local attorney and Internet gambling expert, said Nevada’s online poker would not fare well….

Online poker anniversary suggests boom for Nevada

My News 4 – Ultimatepoker.com turns one-year-old on Wednesday. The first regulated, real-money online poker site in the United States led Nevada’s charge into online gaming. Online gaming in the Silver State is booming. Since the first regulated pay-to-play poker website in America launched a year ago, two more operating real-money poker websites have also started. ““Ultimate was the first,” said Nevada State Gaming Control Board Chairman A.G. Burnett. “Right now, the three internet poker websites collected $926,000 is revenues for last month.”  The Nevada State Gaming Control Board said the numbers keep growing. “For the first 11 months of operation,…