Online poker to be legal in New Jersey!

Senate voted this bill last year and it passed. Now it passed the Assembly with a vote of 63 to 11 in favour. Now it is waiting for governor´s signature.

This bill is part of some other ones passed recently in this state. The aim of these bills are giving some air to the state´s gambling industry, mainly Atlantic City.

Once the governor signs the bill, it will become a law and then 8.700.00. residents will be able to play online poker against each other. And hopefully, it will be the leading case for online poker legalizing in all US.
The number of people living in this state is similar to all Sweden, where the Svenska Spel is in the top 20 largest poker site in the world.

Once this bill becomes a law, non-licensed sites who offer online gambling in this state will be not allowed. In fact this will be a crime. Of course it is not clear yet how they will handle international sites operating outside the state.
There are some other states where poker legislation is pending. Like California and Florida, and some other states where live poker sector is a big business.

So good news to our US players. Looks like 2011 could be the year when onine poker is finally legal in US !