Card Player – Online gambling — including the game of poker — has progressed steadily in New Jersey over the past month, with the number of accounts growing from a modest five-figure sum to well over six-figures, according to state regulatory reports.
Gambling on the web began in the state on Nov. 26.
The most recent figure the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement released was around 125,000. New Jersey allows a wide array of casino games on the web, in addition to poker. The number of accounts doesn’t represent the number of unique online gamblers in the Garden State, as one person may sign up for an account with each online gaming operator.
Sunday’s 126,231 — to be precise — was an increase of 16,285 over the previous week.
Casinos that have been licensed for online gambling in the Garden State are some of the most prestigious in the world. They include Borgata, Trump Taj Mahal, Trump Plaza, Tropicana Casino and Resort, Caesars Atlantic City, Bally’s Atlantic City and Golden Nugget.
Under software from Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment, Borgata offers games via www.Borgatacasino.com, www.Borgatapoker.com and www.NJ.Partypoker.com. Caesars, utilizing software from partner 888 Holdings, has games on www.HarrahsCasino.com, www.WSOP.com, us.888.com, us.888poker.com and us.888casino.com. With a deal with Amaya Gaming, Caesars also has www.CaesarsCasino.com.
Tropicana has an arrangement with GameSys and offers games on www.tropicanacasino.com and www.virgincasino.com. Trump Plaza Associates and Betfair do their business on betfaircasino.com. Trump Taj Mahal Associates is working with Ultimate Gaming for www.ucasino.com. And lastly, the Golden Nugget and Bally have www.GoldenNuggetCasino.com and nj-casino.goldennuggetcasino.com.
Atlantic City has 11 casinos, so more than half of them are currently in the web betting business. One property closed its doors this month.
