It may seem like a lot of bullet points listed above, but it’s not a lot of progress over so much time.Įach year, there are states that have the potential to join the ranks of the state-regulated online poker market. Over nearly a dozen years, only seven states of 50 have legalized online poker, and only five garner revenue from licensed sites.

January 2023: PokerStars launched its multi-state online poker by combining New Jersey and Michigan sites.

May 2022: Michigan signs the Multi-State Internet Gaming Agreement (MSIGA) with Delaware, Nevada, and New Jersey.

No poker sites have ever applied for licenses or announced intentions to launch in the state.

May 2021: Connecticut legalized online poker and igaming.

BetMGM/partypoker followed in March with WSOP joining one week later. January 2021: PokerStars is the first to launch online poker in Michigan.November 2019: PokerStars launches online poker in Pennsylvania.No poker sites have ever applied for licenses or announced plans to partner with casinos to do so. March 2019: West Virginia legalized online poker and igaming.May 2018: WSOP launches combined poker site as the only operator qualified to do so.October 2017: Pennsylvania legalized online poker and casinos.October 2017: New Jersey signed interstate online poker agreement to share player pools.March 2016: PokerStars launched in New Jersey.March 2015: The combined Delaware/Nevada player pool launched.February 2014: Delaware and Nevada signed an interstate poker agreement.

Betfair and Ultimate both closed before the end of 2014. November 2013: Ultimate Poker, 888/WSOP, Betfair, and partypoker/Borgata were the first online poker sites to launch in New Jersey.November 2013: The first and only online poker site launched with three skins on the 888poker platform for WSOP.October 2013: New Jersey legalized online poker and casinos in the state.The only site remaining open today for online poker in Nevada is WSOP. April 2013: Ultimate Gaming was the first to launch in the Nevada market, followed by WSOP in September 2013 and Real Gaming in February 2014.February 2013: Nevada legalized online poker only.June 2012: Delaware legalized online poker and other igaming.

They could do it for poker online, adding other online casino games if they wanted. It quickly became clear that each individual state would need to decide for itself if it wanted to legalize and regulate the game. The federal government was completely disinterested in considering legalized online poker in America. Almost all online poker disappeared from the American market as the United States cracked down on igaming companies based offshore.

States that allow legal online poker