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A second and third online poker site launched in Pennsylvania this week. BetMGM Poker and Borgata Poker opened their virtual doors on Tuesday, April 27, both operating on the PartyPoker platform and sharing poker tables and player pools.
It was a long time coming.
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PokerStars was the first to launch online poker in Pennsylvania. The state itself took years to legalize state-regulated online poker and igaming. When it finally did pass the law in October 2017, it took nearly two years to even get to the point that online poker sites could launch. And online casinos did launch in mid-2019…but no poker sites accompanied them. It wasn’t until the first week of November 2019 that PokerStars PA opened for players in that state.
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Pennsylvanians have welcomed two more online poker operators into the Keystone State. BetMGM Poker PA and Borgata Poker PA went live on April 27, effectively ending PokerStars PA’s online poker monopoly.
BetMGM was licensed through its land-based partner Hollywood Casino Grantville, while Borgata entered PA via its partnership with Rivers Philadelphia. Both brands initially launched their online casino services in the state months ago, and have now added online poker to their offerings.
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Both BetMGM Poker and Borgata Poker are part of the partypoker US Network which is currently running under a joint venture between MGM and Entain, partypoker’s parent company. The partypoker US Network also operates in New Jersey via partypoker NJ, BetMGM Poker NJ, and Borgata Poker NJ.
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Tuesday, April 27, PGCB Director of Communications Doug Harbach confirmed to
PlayPennsylvania on Monday.
Both poker sites will be accessible through their respective iGaming products. BetMGM poker will launch under the BetMGM online casino, which falls under
Hollywood Casino Grantville‘s license. Borgata poker is accessible via the Borgata casino app under the
Rivers Philadelphia iGaming license. BetMGM online casino launched Dec. 4, 2020 and Borgata followed Feb. 24, 2021.
Harbach also confirmed that the two PA poker sites will be interlinked when it comes to
player pools.
“Players can enter via either provider and be combined into one when it comes to playing cash or tournament games.”