Pennsylvania Expected To Join Online Poker Shared Market SoonOperators Could Join State In First Quarter |
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The slow-growing regulated U.S. online poker market could be seeing even more shared liquidity in the new year. Pennsylvania has officially been asked to join the country’s Multi-State Internet Gaming Agreement (MSIGA), with some poker sites expected to share liquidity by the end of the first quarter.
The MSIGA currently includes Nevada, New Jersey, and Michigan. West Virginia and Delaware are also members, but those states currently don’t have an online gaming operator. The addition of Pennsylvania adds a state of almost 13 million people, which would be the largest in the interstate poker pact.
“We have been invited by the compact and are awaiting paperwork from them to review,” Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) Communications Director Doug Harbach told Pokerfuse. “If we are in agreement and can sign off to formally join, the process will still take a bit more time as we work with the operators and assure that all tenets of the law and PGCB regulations are being met.”
PokerStars currently offers a shared liquidity platform for players in Michigan and New Jersey. WSOP Online’s platform pools players in Nevada, Michigan, and New Jersey. BetMGM began offering shared liquidity between Michigan and New Jersey in November, and has hinted at launching in Nevada at some point as well.
Here’s a look at populations of all states within the MSIGA.
This would make for a potential population within the entire shared liquidity market of 38.3 million. However, with two states currently without a poker operator, adding Pennsylvania would bring that to a potential market of 35.5 million. Connecticut also legalized online poker in February 2022, but has yet to see an operator go live or join the MSIGA.
Adding Pennsylvania would seemingly give a boost to player and prize pools. However, online poker in the U.S. has mostly been stagnant over the last few months.
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