Nevada and Delaware Sign Online Gambling Agreement
March 3, 2014
There are currently three states that allow online gambling in
the United States and two of them, Nevada and Delaware are now working
together. The governors of the two states signed the first-ever
gambling agreement between states that will allow people in both
states to play online poker against each other. "I consider
this a landmark intersection in the road of gaming history,"
Nevada governor Brian Sandoval said.
The current deal between Nevada and Delaware is limited to poker
but there is no question that future deals between states could
be made that include other online casino games. The current deal
allows players from both Nevada and Delaware to compete for the
same pots while playing online poker. It may not be long before
the state of New Jersey also wants in on the action as they are
the other state that currently allows players in their state to
gamble online.
Delaware representative Helene Keeley said that the agreement is
"a step in the right direction." Online gambling became
legal in Delaware in November and the state continues to move forward
on getting more options for residents of their state.
There are currently 10 states in the U.S. that have bills in their
legislature regarding online gambling so it may not be long before
the number of states that allow online gambling increases from the
current number of three.
