Week of June 17

Online gambling operators got some extra relief from the new Wire Act opinion last week. The DOJ is extending the compliance deadline while it evaluates its options in light of the convincing defeat in federal court. Nothing will change at least through the end of the year.

Meanwhile, there has been a fair amount of recent gambling news involving the world’s largest digital companies.

• Google Ads allows licensed NJ sportsbooks onto the platform
• YouTube cracks down on online gambling videos
• Apple policy change imposes significant hurdle on developers

We’re also creeping closer to the projected launch of Pennsylvania online gambling. Regulators are targeting July 15, giving us enough time to run through the participants one by one.

• Mohegan Sun Pocono
• SugarHouse

While our coverage occasionally reaches into nearly every corner of online gaming, Online Poker Report has a few primary focus areas.

Regulated U.S. Online Poker

The bulk of our coverage is focused on the markets for regulated, legal, online poker in New Jersey, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Delaware, along with other states in the U.S., including New York and Michigan that are considering regulated online poker.

Our coverage spans regulatory updates, legislative developments, market analysis, and day-to-day news that may be of interest not only to those following the markets, but also online poker players who participate in them.

Online Gambling Regulation in America

Along with specific coverage of online poker, we also explore the broader topic of online gambling regulation in the United States, including casino and lottery games.

Our companion site – LegalSportsReport.com – is where you’ll find our coverage of issues related to daily fantasy sports and legal sports betting in the U.S.. We also cover the consumer perspective on NJ online casinos at PlayNJ.com.

The Global Online Poker Market

Recently, we have started to expand our coverage beyond the U.S. into the global market for online poker, including jurisdictions such as the UK’s regulated online poker market. We made this decision as the leading companies involved in one market increasingly started to mirror companies in another, and as the innovations from – and the challenges facing – the international online poker market became increasingly relevant for the American online poker industry as well.