Delaware Online Gambling Yields $206,833 In MarchOnline Gaming Revenues Continue To Grow Since Launch |
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The state of Delaware saw its three gambling facilities generate $206,833 in online gaming revenue during the month of March, according to figures from the Delaware Lottery.
Poker accounted for $84,391 of that figure.
Delaware Park, Dover Downs and Harrington Raceway were given the green light late last year to begin offering online betting to those physically within the state.
Februrary’s online gaming revenue was $166,454, of which poker accounted for $73,971.
Revenues have been growing steadily since the launch last fall.
Delaware Park captured the lion’s share of March’s revenue with $131,846.
For comparison, New Jersey collected $11.9 million from online gambling in March, of which around $3.2 million came from poker. Nevada’s figures from March aren’t yet available.
Nevada sites, which offer just poker at present, collected $824,000 in February.
Both Delaware and Nevada are eyeing a partnership to increase liquidity for the games.
Just those three states have legalized and operational online gaming industries via companies that are licensed to offer such games. Many offshore sites still cater to Americans.
Other states are looking to legalize online gaming, including California, Pennsylvania, Mississippi and New York. However, none are expected to do so in 2014.
Online poker is slowly but surely making a comeback in the United States after the major offshore operators at the time — PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and Absolute Poker — were kicked out of American cyberspace in an event known as Black Friday. Having those sites gone has given U.S. regulated sites a chance to begin to tap into the American market.
PokerStars, which these days owns Full Tilt, has been trying to make a return to the United States, but hasn’t yet had any success doing so. The firm settled its case with the feds.
Some on Capitol Hill want a nationwide online poker system, while others want online gaming banned outright. It’s unlikely either side will get what it wants. Instead, a patchwork of states with legalized online poker will likely be the course for the future.
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