This is great news. Surprised i had to log into NVG to hear it. I'd of expected a ppa email stating the good news as this is pretty huge. I guess if the move isnt going to help pokerstars in the short term the ppa doesnt care to say anything about it.

I guess we cant get to excited yet as we have to see exactly how everything is going to be done. Hopefully Adelson doesnt have anything to do with how anything is done.

The Nevada bad actor penalty box is 5 years, not 10. (Don't know what that is you linked to but looks like a draft / markup of some sort.) Not sure what Ruddock's talking about re: "in perpetuity"...the NV bill puts them in a 5-year penalty box, but stipulates that even after it expires, they're not auto-approved, they still have to get licensed per regular suitability procedures. OPR's usually pretty clued in on this stuff, so not sure where they get "in perpetuity" from...

I don't think Stars is really all that big a loser here. NV player pool is miniscule, they're not missing out on some cash cow. NJ and NJ entities don't really stand to gain all that much here...real winners are NV players and US online poker in general, as this will hopefully be first step to normalizing interstate pooling if/when other states get online.

Hey Monorail,

I appreciate you bringing this up. I see now that I was going from the "As Introduced" version of AB 114 and not the "As Enrolled" version. Sigh, now I wish I hadn't linked to that as it just adds confusion to the thread instead of providing clarity as I intended.

If you look at the "As Enrolled" text, you'll see that Monorail is correct and the bad actor language states "5 years." Thanks again for the heads-up.

https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/...ory.cfm?ID=315

This, PS NJ is a delight to play on

Why would you play there after they shoveled **** on their own long time customers. That's like a crackhead going back to the dealer that just beat the **** out of him.

US-based casino interests have done 100x more ****ting on the 'future of the game' than anything stars could have done

More people in NV will start playing online for sure.
NJ has some pretty big cash games that run as well...
This could really change a lot for everyone as soon as it's implemented.

Nevada isn't as tiny as I think some people beleive it is. WSOP in Nevada has a $45k Guaranteed 200 rebuy and a $20k Guaranteed $200 reentry today. Those are healthy numbers to add to New Jersey games.

I don't play cash but the game volume does seem pretty weak. I agree it should be great for everyone.

I have nothing significant to add, but this is great news!

Do you think we will be able to cash out and deposit in person from the casino that is partnered with the site?

You can already do that (at least w/ WSOP+Caesars).

how do any of you justify playing at the venetian? its 2017. **** head adelson is the main reason this crap has taken so long

Very curious how they will resolve the HUD issue and the server issue.

Also curious if Borgata/MGM really care about this, since none of the sites give a **** about poker anyway (like >85% revenue from casino and such). With WSOP, they are already operating in both states, but for an operator like Borgata, the benefits of adding 2 pools with games that rarely run is likely minimal compared to the effort.

OPR article seemed to imply this would only impact WSOP.com, not Stars (because of bad actor) and Borgata (because of paragraph above).

just be happy you're not stuck with euro trash

Only idea when this starts?

I read 6-9 months from when this was announced.

6-9 months lol what a joke another reason why it will never take off

It’ll take off.... in 6-9 months



This is terrific news although as everyone else wishes it shouldn’t even have come to this. We need all states to regulate and allow it now. Good start but slow. Better late than never ?

Considering all they have at this point is an agreement between the states to do this, with no regulatory approval yet, let alone a plan of how it will happen logistically, I think it would have been extremely optimistic to expect it to be much less than that time frame. I wouldn't be at all surprised if it took longer.

I understand why some ROW players are unhappy with PokerStars, but US players should remember what would have happened to their FullTilt account balances without Stars.
+1. 6-9 month isn't a very long period of time for something that involves regulators in multiple states. Just take a look at how long everything else takes if governments are involved. Not only in the US but basically everywhere in the Western world.

i agree its not gonna be quick.

regulatory stuff moves at snails pace

aside from technical issues, balancing regulatory guidelines., which will take some time .... more political and challenging might be how they split tax revenue for each state.

for example

a hand of poker is dealt in a cash game with a player from DE, 2 from NV and and 3 from NJ in after the flop. only 1 from NV and one from NJ at river

its raked $3 in total.

How do states split the tax revenue on that $3 of gaming revenue?

Interesting question. Seems would have to be based on total amount wagered by all players in X period of time.

Example: Nevadans wager 2million in 2018. New Jerseyans 5million. Vermonters 3million. 10 million total. New Jersey collects 50%, Vermont 30% and Nevada 20%

We have big NLHE cash games very very sporadically, nothing consistent above 1/2 or 2/4 so I guess it depends on your definition of big. Every few months there's a couple nights in a row where games will run higher than 5/10 and it's the same few of us playing because the same repeat customer regfish has sat. Other than that it's about 5-7 regs just sitting empty tables across the sites.

I played exclusively on the NJ sites for a few years but as soon as ACR took back NJ players it was a no brainer to start playing there again. Until legislation is introduced that legalizes poker across the country there's not much point to playing on the NJ or NV sites unless you grind 50NL since that's the only thing that really runs consistently with more than one table.

I only have an opinion based upon hearsay at the moment but from what I've heard, NJ has more games running than Nevada at any given time so I am not so optimistic that by adding NV we're going to see some major change. It's absolutely a step in the right direction and I'm thrilled it's finally happening, but I think some people need a reality check. It's not going to change much.

could someone explain how this is done for euro countries that share pools.

US states sort of like individual US states in this regard.

Why not each pot is contributed rake based on State instead of by player like some sites do. Then every month or quarter they chop it up.