New Jersey

New Jersey Online Gambling Revenue up 28% in January

The Division of Gaming Enforcement has announced that New Jersey online gambling revenue gross win increased by 28% on a month-on-month basis during January 2014. New Jersey’s online gambling industry generated a total of £9.5 million (€6.9 million) during January, a significant increase on the $7.4 million achieved in December 2013. The Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa proved to be the most successful of Atlantic City’s casinos in the online gaming market, having generated a total of $3.9 million in January. In comparison, Golden Nugget Atlantic City was the least successful with just $286,922 in online gaming revenue. In addition,…

Gamblers in other states tried to bet online in New Jersey

Miami Herald – Would-be gamblers from at least 23 states tried to log onto casino gambling websites in the first night of New Jersey’s test of online betting. Matt Katz is CEO of CAMS LLC, which provides geolocation technology to the Taj Mahal and Trump Plaza, and age verification technology to the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa. He told The Associated Press those attempts show why New Jersey’s fledgling Internet gambling industry needs strict safeguards to keep out-of-state residents from gambling online here. New Jersey’s Internet gambling law requires that gamblers be present in the state. But that technology locked…