Authorities from the United Kingdom and the New Jersey of United States are looking for possibilities of sharing the liquidity of online poker. The UK gambling Commission of the united kingdom and the New Jersey department of gambling authority met a couple of days ago and it was finalized that they will share the data related to online poker for the betterment of the poker in the state.
The report says that online poker players from the United Kingdom can play any game at any poker site currently working in the US State i.e. in New Jersey.
New Jersey is the first state of the America, which Okayed the licensing and operation of online poker in the state. It is the first which allowed online poker websites such as 888 holding and WSOP in their state.
Now according to the report published in Global gaming Business, the gaming officials of the UK and New Jersey are looking to make this merger as soon as possible. Betfair, 888 Holding, GVC Holdings and Gamesys with PokerStars are among a few online gambling sites, which have been offered the licensing to operate in both jurisdictions.
It is important to mention here that UK iGaming marker is the first to be regulated and has a great poker and gambling fan base under its belt and a new iGaming market like New Jersey will only boost the player base of the state. It will help both the markets to capitalize the players from around the world.
The director of the New Jersey gaming author Mr. David Rebuck, said that the process of sharing the date is in initial state and I’m sure that it would do really good in future. The local market will greatly enhanced by the decision of the sharing from UK, he said.
He also said that this sharing is not likely to happen before end of the year 2016, but we are committed to do this for the betterment of our iGaming business.
This means that UK based online casino or poker players can access New Jersey based online gambling sites.