State of the Union
Since the US Department of Justice publicly reversed its position on the scope of the 1961 Wire Act
in December 2011, conceding it only reserved jurisdiction over sports betting, iGB Affiliate has been
reporting on the broadening of online lottery and iGaming models at intrastate level. This edition
includes updates from California, Nevada and New Jersey.
Nevada: White
Regulated Gaming Type: Poker-only
Operator Type: Applicants with existing
land-based license
Go-live Date: Live. There are now two
realmoney online poker platforms in operation
in Nevada, WSOP.com and Real Gaming,
formerly South Point Poker. Two more online
poker rooms are slated for launch in Q4
2014, under the 888 and Treasure Island
brands. Both will join WSOP.com to form the
888-powered All American Poker Network in
Nevada. The AAPN sites in Nevada are then
expected to pool liquidity with 888’s three
online poker sites in Delaware in early 2015,
under the interstate compact agreement
signed by the two states back in February 2014.
Delaware: White
Regulated Gaming Type: Full-service online
gaming
Operator Type: Centralized iGaming system
via Delaware Lottery and operated by the
three state casinos
Estimated Go Live Date: Live. Delaware
became the first state to launch a full service
online gaming offering on October 31,
2013. The iGaming programme is run by the
State Lottery, and is powered by a vendor
collaboration between 888 and Scientific
Games/WMS, which saw free-to-play
versions go live i