We reporting on this week’s gambling news from the floor of the International Casino Expo in London. Curious gamblers may be interested to learn about New Jersey’s regulation of Esports betting, and other topics are a new slot machine from Aristocrat, and Michigan online poker news joining an interstate compact!
Hello friends! This Week in Gambling is coming to you from the floor of the International Casino Expo here in London. Back after missing a year due to the pandemic. Things are returning to normal as we look at the gambling headlines, and we begin in New Jersey where the state just regulated Esports betting. If you don’t know what that is, take a game like Call of Duty, and you have a team that plays against another team, and they could play for cash or a trophy or whatever.
Now people are betting on the outcome of those games. Yes, now these are different than casino skill games. If you’ve never seen a casino skill game we have several videos for them on This Week in Gambling or our YouTube channel, so go check them out. But Esports betting is something altogether different, and now New Jersey has started regulating esports, and we’re seeing some esports data providers moving into the American market. So, if you’re interested we’ve got some information for you on our website about esports. It could be the next big thing.
Also, you may remember a couple of weeks ago I spoke about Michigan online poker, and how the state was considering joining a multi-state poker compact that already exists between New Jersey, Nevada, and Delaware. And now I can report that yes, in fact they have joined that compact now. Unlike traditional casino games, poker needs players. And joining these poker compacts for smaller states will make online poker viable for everyone. And now that Michigan online poker has joined that compact perhaps we’re going to see that landslide of regulating online poker, like we saw with sports betting recently.
So here’s to hoping for continued growth in our industry, from Esports betting, online poker, and of course slot games!
