Bloomberg – The Josh Harris-controlled Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Devils signed a multiyear marketing agreement with partypoker, becoming the first major U.S.-based professional sports teams to align themselves with online gambling. The agreement with the unit of Gibraltar-based Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment Plc (BPTY), the teams and Prudential Center, home to the Devils, comes about a year after New Jersey legalized online gambling, which is expected to be a $7.4 billion business in the U.S. by 2017, according to the research firm H2 Gambling Capital. Nevada and Delaware are the only other states to allow online gambling. “This is our…

Party Poker has finally released their iOS app for players located in New Jersey.  The app was developed by Bwin.Party Entertainment Limited and it allows players the ability to play for real money on an iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. When you load up the app you have the option to either click on real money, fast forward, play money or preview. The real money games are fairly straightforward. Players have the option to play up to $25/$50 while fast forward allows play up to $5/$10. The game play experience at these tables is surprisingly good, featuring crisp and clean…

Online Poker Report – According to tracking data from the latest Scouting Report – a daily analysis publication from PokerScout.com – the Party / Borgata Network and WSOP.com together account for over 80% of the total online poker market in New Jersey. As of December 22nd, Party / Borgata held a 49% share and WSOP.com accounted for 32% of online poker play in the Garden State. At the other end of the NJ online poker traffic rankings, 888′s All American Poker Network (AAPN) saw a small uptick in the week before the holidays – a 1% bump to 15% that came at the direct…