New Jersey’s online gambling market continues to grow, helping bolster the remaining eight gambling enterprises still operating in Atlantic City.

But while the entire numbers are positive, not totally all games and casinos are sharing equally in the fortune.

In line with the New Jersey Department of Gaming Enforcement (DGE), on the web gambling revenues were up to $12.47 million in May.

That represents a rise greater than 19 percent over last might, whenever web sites earned just $10.47 million.

Online Casinos Up, Poker Down

But that development has been fueled almost totally by online casinos. In contrast, online poker rooms are struggling. Internet poker introduced slightly below $1.93 million in May, down from $2.27 million in the same month year that is last.

That figure marks the second-lowest monthly revenue for online poker in nj-new jersey, with only last November trailing the most month that is recent.

As soon as responsible for a quarter or more of online gambling profits in nj-new jersey, poker is now just about 15 per cent of the marketplace.

In the poker side of things, the 888/World Series of Poker partnership felt most of the damage. The $831,799 they brought in through their Internet poker partnership ended up being a low that is all-time while their only competitor within the state, Borgata/partypoker, held f Continue reading New Jersey Casinos See Online And Live Gains In May →

PokerStars has been fined $25,000 by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) for failing to correctly identify where players are physically found while accessing the online digital card room.

In a civil action order filed on January 20, DGE Director David Rebuck explained that a software glitch allowed certain patrons not physically stationed in the boundaries of the state to wager in the internet gambling internet site.

‘Having considered the findings associated with the Division’s investigation . . . and the facets in mitigation presented by PokerStars, and finding adequate legal and factual support for the penalty therein, we hereby order a civil penalty of $25,000,’ Rebuck concluded.

It’s unclear when exactly the breach occurred, and how players that are many placed wagers illegally.

According to PokerScout, PokerStars is the second-busiest online poker room in nj-new jersey. The working platform attracted 130 players on its most recent average that is seven-day 10 fewer than the WSOP/888 network.

Amaya Admits Fault

The settlement shows that PokerStars’ parent company Amaya had small interest in fighting the DGE’s findings. The Canadian-based gaming conglomerate that paid $4.9 billion in 2014 for the poker platf Continue reading PokerStars Fined by New Jersey for Geolocation Errors →