{"id":178897,"date":"2021-07-06T23:59:30","date_gmt":"2021-07-07T06:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=178897"},"modified":"2021-07-07T10:16:04","modified_gmt":"2021-07-07T17:16:04","slug":"wsop-online-poker-app-starts-dealing-in-pennsylvania-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wsop-online-poker-app-starts-dealing-in-pennsylvania-next-week\/","title":{"rendered":"WSOP Online Poker App Starts Dealing in Pennsylvania Next Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another online poker operator is ready to enter the Pennsylvania market. WSOP.com, the online platform for the World Series of Poker, is slated to shuffle up and deal starting on Monday.<\/p>\n

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Starting next Monday, Pennsylvania will welcome WSOP.com, the online poker app affiliated with the World Series of Poker. Its arrival triggers questions about when Pennsylvania may officially join the shared liquidity partnership and allow interstate play. (Image: PA.Gov)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Harrah\u2019s Philadelphia tweeted out the news on Monday that the Caesars Entertainment product would officially start in the state on July 12, the following Monday. That came just days after Chris Albrecht, Harrah’s senior vice president and general manager, told members of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) during Harrah\u2019s June 30 license renewal hearing that the WSOP app would launch in the next month.<\/p>\n

The World Series app operates on a platform provided by 888 Holdings<\/a>. Caesars and 888 announced a multi-year extension to their partnership in January.<\/p>\n

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With WSOP.com just days away from launching in Pennsylvania, the question on many minds is when will the Keystone State sign the shared liquidity agreement and join Delaware, Nevada, and New Jersey in allowing interstate poker play.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Doing so would allow WSOP.com and other poker apps to hold multistate tournaments. Online poker advocates say that will generate more revenue because the potential for larger games and jackpots will draw more participants.<\/p>\n

Last December, the World Series of Poker Hybrid Main Event attracted more than 700 players. Those contestants played online initially in Nevada and New Jersey before getting to the final table.<\/p>\n

Comparatively, Pennsylvania\u2019s population is about 12.8 million, while Nevada and New Jersey have a combined population of about 12 million.<\/p>\n

Online Poker Still Caught in the Wire?<\/h2>\n

The expanded gaming law Pennsylvania lawmakers passed four years ago opens the door for the state to join the agreement. However, in recent years states have been hesitant. That’s after the Trump administration\u2019s attempt to expand the scope of the Wire Act beyond just sports betting to all forms of online gaming.<\/p>\n

In January, a federal appeals court struck down the broader interpretation in a suit filed by the New Hampshire Lottery Corp. Last month, the Biden Administration\u2019s Justice Department let a deadline pass to take the case to the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n

While that stands as a victory for New Hampshire, it doesn\u2019t necessarily translate that way to other states. After that deadline passed, attorneys general from 26 states wrote to US Attorney General Merrick Garland asking for \u201cfinality\u201d<\/a> on the issue. Among those signing was Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro.<\/p>\n

The state AGs want Garland and the DOJ to formally withdraw the Trump-era opinion and adopt the First Circuit Court of Appeals decision as the department\u2019s formal position on the 60-year-old law.<\/p>\n

So, for now, the ball may be in the DOJ\u2019s court.<\/p>\n

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We believe the effort for clarification on this issue from our Attorney General and those in other states to be helpful to the industry and to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,\u201d PGCB Communications Director Doug Harbach told Casino.org<\/i> on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Harbach added that when the time comes, Gov. Tom Wolf would have to sign the multi-state pact. Shapiro\u2019s office would then have to clear it before it could take effect.<\/p>\n

Expanding Market in Pennsylvania<\/h2>\n

Caesars\u2019 WSOP.com app would be the fourth online poker operator in Pennsylvania. It’s also the third to join in the last couple of months. In late April, BetMGM and its affiliate Borgata Poker officially launched.<\/p>\n

Before then, the only online option in Pennsylvania had been PokerStars.<\/p>\n

Online poker currently makes up only a very small piece of Pennsylvania\u2019s massive online gaming market. Through the first 11 months of the 2020-21 fiscal year, the revenue generated by poker apps has been $28.3 million. The state\u2019s iGaming apps have grossed $542.9 million off slot play and $237.1 million from table games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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