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Depending where you are in New Jersey, you may or may not be able to play online, due to “digital fencing”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Since online gambling was proposed for New Jersey, we\u2019ve known that you\u2019d have to be located inside the state in order to play on their regulated sites. We just didn\u2019t realize how far inside the state you\u2019d have to be. According to officials, the technologies being used to ensure that gamblers will be located inside the state are not exactly perfect, and may cut out some people who are close to the borders of neighboring states.<\/p>\n

Digital Border Patrol<\/h2>\n

The troubling issue is a result of the \u201cdigital fencing<\/a>\u201d that is being used to allow those in New Jersey to participate, while preventing those in New York, Pennsylvania and other neighboring states from playing illegally. Originally, the idea was to have this fence run perfectly around the state\u2019s border. But to ensure that people in other states won\u2019t be able to play, it turned out that it was necessary to allow for some margin of error.<\/p>\n

This means that in some areas – \u00a0specifically the borders along the Hudson and Delaware rivers – the digital fence was moved slightly inland just to be on the safe side. Officials aren\u2019t letting anyone know just how far inland the fence has been pulled, but they are admitting that this means that some New Jersey residents won\u2019t be able to play online gambling games from their homes.<\/p>\n

At least it will keep anyone from gambling on WiFi while rafting down river. This level of imprecision is a tad difficult to grasp for those of us whose mundane GPS devices know exactly what corner we’re approaching at all times when driving. But logic has never stopped a bureaucrat from making a decisive statement about things they don’t know how to master.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately for some people, there may not be sufficient verification that they are in New Jersey \u2013 even if they are \u2013 and they\u2019ll be denied,\u201d said David Rebuck, director of New Jersey\u2019s Division of Gaming Enforcement. \u201cIt\u2019s an unavoidable consequence.\u201d<\/p>\n

This overly cautious approach is mostly being done to protect the casinos that are operating the online gambling sites. If some individuals in other states were able to play illegally, the casino running the site they played on could face fines. The buffer zone will be different for every site \u2013 as different sites are using different geolocation technology provided by various companies \u2013 so players who can\u2019t access one site might be able to get in on another one.<\/p>\n

The Imperfect Science of Geolocation<\/h2>\n

This issue is not one that is unique to New Jersey. Nevada\u2019s online poker sites also use geolocation technology to ensure their players are located in-state, and they too use borders that are inside those of the state itself, meaning that people in some border areas may not be able to access their sites. However, it\u2019s an easier task in Nevada: the border population is small, so even with a larger buffer zone than in New Jersey, it\u2019s unlikely that more than a handful of people will ever run into \u00a0these problems.<\/p>\n

In New Jersey, though, there are several cities that are right along the state border, meaning that some citizens in these locales might be shut out from the online gambling launch. For instance, Hoboken residents in parts of that city could end up in the \u201cno-play\u201d zone, as the city is right on the Hudson River. This could also affect cities like Jersey City and Weehawken.<\/p>\n

Not exactly unpopulated no-zones; could this ultimately affect New Jersey’s online gambling revenues as well?<\/p>\n

Of course, just because someone lives in an area affected by the buffer zones doesn\u2019t mean they can\u2019t play at all. Officials are suggesting that those who want to play but can\u2019t do so from their homes will just have to move temporarily in order to access the sites \u2013 an inconvenience to be sure, but one that the state is willing to accept in order to ensure they don\u2019t allow anyone who isn\u2019t supposed to be playing to slip through the cracks.<\/p>\n

We smell a new real estate market opening up: the return of the gambling den.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Since online gambling was proposed for New Jersey, we\u2019ve known that you\u2019d have to be located inside the state in order to play on their regulated sites. We just didn\u2019t realize how far inside the state you\u2019d have to be. According to officials, the technologies being used to ensure that gamblers will be located inside […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":14319,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nCitizens on State Border Might Miss Out on New Jersey Online Gambling<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Could some New Jerseyans on the state's borders miss out on the New Jersey online gambling launch? 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