Pennsylvania is set to become the sixth state to join the multi-state poker agreement, a regional compact that facilitates online poker across multiple states.The compact was originally between New Jersey, Nevada, and Delaware, but has since grown to include West Virginia and Michigan as well. The official name for this pact is the Multi-State Internet Gaming Agreement, or MSIGA. After years of unsuccessful attempts, the push for Pennsylvania’s inclusion gained momentum last Thursday when Governor Josh Shapiro formally requested the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board to initiate the process of joining the agreement. In a letter dated October 10, Shapiro expressed…

Negotiations have begun over Pennsylvania online poker shared liquidity. And if you don’t know exactly what that is and why you should be excited, allow us a moment to explain. You see, poker is a game where you need lots of players. But regulated online poker is usually restricted to state boundaries, which limits the number of people who can play. But this is not the case with shared liquidity. Basically, when states have an agreement for web based poker player shared liquidity, the number of players increases in ways that are good for players and the businesses running the…