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June 30, 2021
Interstate online poker could reportedly soon be rolled out across the United States after the administration of President Joseph Biden yesterday declined to appeal a January ruling that had affirmed the current legality of such activities.
According to a Tuesday report from PokerFuse.com, the Democrat’s move to accept the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in the case of New Hampshire Lottery Commission v Rosen means that his administration considers online poker to be free from the regulations of the Interstate Wire Act of 1961. The source detailed that this means several states could now sign deals before the end of the year that would allow iGaming operators to form interstate player pools without fear of being prosecuted by the United States Department of Justice (USDOJ).
PokerNews we admit we ve heard that sentence before.
Wire Act to the US Supreme Court, it would appear that shared liquidity in US online poker is now a distinct possibility.
That would mean that the seven states that have already legalized online poker (Nevada, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Michigan and Connecticut) could all be playing against one another by the end of 2021.
How Did We Get Here?
In 2011, the Department of Justice concluded that the Wire Act was only applicable to sports betting.
What is the Wire Act?
The Wire Act is a United State federal law that states it is illegal to place bets or wagers on any sporting event or contest using a wire communication facility.
Monday, May 10th, 2021 | Written by Renee
WSOP.com in partnership with 888 is expected to launch online poker operations in Michigan and Pennsylvania before the end of June 2021. 888 Holdings PLC, parent company to 888poker made the announcement during a recent call with investors. 888 have an existing partnership with Caesars and the World Series of Poker that has allowed 888 to provide software support for WSOP.com sites since 2013.
Under the long-running partnership, which has recently been extended for a further five years, WSOP.com will expand its US operations to both the Wolverine and Keystone State through the 888poker license. The operator is expected to go live in the new regulated markets in the “next couple of months”, according to 888 Holdings CEO Itai Pazner.
The following years witnessed one event on the schedule become a handful and for players to be allowed to play from New Jersey (sorry, no Delaware) until last summer when with live poker on hold, WSOP.com successfully hosted 31 bracelet events awarding nearly $27 million in prizes.
Last year was already big with just Nevada and New Jersey as can be evidenced by the $2,019,700 prize pool the 2,126 entries created in the 2020 WSOP Online Series Event #31: $1,000 NLH Championship won by
Nahrain 2Rivers Tamero for $310,832.
A live World Series of Poker is scheduled this year in the autumn in Las Vegas leaving the summer open again for WSOP.com to host another WSOP Online Series, featuring 33 bracelet events over 32 days, this July.