Is the face of online gambling changing in the US
It seems a week doesn’t go by without news from the online gambling front and I’m wondering of the face of online gambling is changing in the US. Oh, we won’t see CNN News discussing the changes with the same enthusiasm they show to discussing the upcoming presidential elections, but the news is out there in other places. Here’s some of what I’m seeing.
There’s the big news that bwin.party is teaming up with both MGM Resorts International and Boyd Gaming to form an even bigger online gambling company. This was a move that many suspect was designed to give them an in to the online gambling market in the US, if it ever opened up to legislating online gambling.
Not likely to happen, you say? Well, Nevada has now announced that they’ll be issuing the first online poker licenses in February. Now they’ve also let it be known that casinos already established in the state of Nevada. So, wait – MGM International has casinos in Las Vegas. So, does this mean that bwin.party just negotiated a cool potential license to offer online poker in the US? Couple Party Poker be back folks?
Well, maybe. But don’t expect to start playing at home. See the government, any government, seems to have a difference concept of online gambling than people who understand what online means. It looks like Nevada’s licenses will allow existing Nevada casinos to offer online gambling at existing gambling establishments, like casinos. So, umm, you’ll be able to go to Nevada and gamble online in a casino! Umm….
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