United States Of America’s Positon On Online Gambling Is Divided

April 27, 2013 by b78ny

The United States has become divided in each states position in online gambling. While New Jersey moves forward toward legalizing and regulating online gambling, Illinois has retracted its online gambling bill. The big issue in some of the best online pokersites is the amount of lost revenue by playing using offshore online casinos.

Atlantic City New Jersey

The online gambling forums have been talking how Atlantic City hotels have been losing money and are very eager to get their online casinos up and running. This will allow US players to play real money casino games online, which are situated in New Jersey. In an economic downturn and a boardwalk hit by super storm sandy, New Jersey can use the extra revenue.

Borgata Hotel Casino

Many online gambling sites have been talking about how the Borgata Hotel Casino is extremely eager to get up and running. It is said that Keith Smith, chief executive officer of Boyd Gaming Corp, said that the company is fast getting ready to incorporate online gambling services as soon as the state creates the required regulatory framework.

On the other side of the country, in Illinois the Online poker and gambling bills were dropped. The state of Illinois was hoping to expand its land-based casinos and expand its interest in gambling. The online gambling sites have been talking about the fact that they plan to expand gambling to the Internet. Many people were shocked because it seemed that a lot of progress was being made toward Internet gambling.