Poker News – Internet gaming (iGaming) saw major movement in 2013 as three states — Nevada, Delaware, and New Jersey — passed legislation legalizing various online games. Those pioneers are expected to inspire a domino effect, and many industry insiders expect that it’s only a matter of time before iGaming spreads across the country on a state-by-state basis.
“Two years ago, I wrote that developments on the Internet are like dog years,” I. Nelson Rose, Professor of Law at Whittier Law School, said in a Casino Enterprise Management gaming forecast. “It might have taken five decades to go from complete prohibition to today, when every state except Utah and Hawaii has commercial gambling. It won’t take nearly as long for every state to have Internet poker and casinos.”
As can be expected, some states are more prepared for an iGaming push than others. To help make sense of it all, PokerNews will undertake a 50-state initiative; one that seeks to update you on the current iGaming landscape for each state in the union.
Here’s a look at the first five (alphabetically), but be sure to check back in the coming months to see where the other 45 states stand.
