Since the US Department of Justice publicly reversed its position on the scope of the 1961 Wire Act in December 2011 , conceding it reserved jurisdiction only over sports betting , iGB Affiliate has been reporting on the broadening of online lottery and igaming models at state level

Delaware : White Regulated gaming type : full service online gaming Operator type : centralised igaming system via Delaware Lottery and operated by the three state casinos Go-live date : live . On 31 October , 2013 Delaware became the first state to launch a full service online gaming offering . The igaming programme is run by the state lottery , and is powered by a vendor collaboration between 888 and Scientific Games / WMS , which saw free-to-play versions go live in August 2013 . Delaware ’ s 888-powered poker sites began pooling liquidity with Nevada ’ s in March 2015 , and will also start doing so with New Jersey ’ s later this year after NJ Governor Chris Christie ’ s announcement in October that a compact agreement had been reached with Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval and Delaware Governor John Carney .

Nevada : White Regulated gaming type : poker Operator type : applicants with existing land-based licences Go-live date : live . There are two real-money online poker platforms in operation in Nevada : WSOP . com and Real Gaming , formerly South Point Poker . Two more online poker rooms are slated for launch , under

the 888 and Treasure Island brands . Both will join WSOP . com to form the 888-powered All American Poker Network in Nevada . The AAPN sites in Nevada started to pool liquidity with the three 888-powered online poker sites in Delaware in late March 2015 , and will soon be able to do so with New Jersey ( see Delaware , above ).

New Jersey : White Regulated gaming type : casino , poker Go-live date : live . There are now 23 authorised igaming websites . On 13 October , 2017 Governor Chris Christie announced that a Multi- State Internet Gaming Agreement with Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval and Delaware Governor John Carney had been reached , allowing internet gaming patrons in New Jersey to play online against players in those two states in games such as poker , tournaments , and progressive slots . PlaySugarHouse . com operator Rush Street Interactive became the first to launch virtual sports betting in the US in November , using a product from Inspired Gaming . The computer-generated , fixed-odds events use a random number generator to decide the outcome , so they do not breach any prohibitions on sports betting in the US . In October in New Jersey igaming win reached $ 20.6m , a 23 %

increase year-on-year , according to figures from the New Jersey Department of Gaming Enforcement . With October marking the fourth anniversary of igaming in the Garden State , this took the amount generated in that time to $ 682.6m , with casino accounting for $ 578m or 85 % of this total . The state has collected $ 119m in tax during this time .

Georgia : Green Regulated gaming type : online lottery Operator type : Georgia Lottery monopoly Go-live date : live .

Illinois : Green Regulated gaming type : online lottery Operator type : Illinois Lottery monopoly Go-live date : live . The Illinois Lottery has stayed online despite lawmakers failing to reauthorise the four-year pilot programme that expired in March 2016 . In late May 2017 , the Illinois Senate passed a bill , by a vote of 42-10 , that would legalise online gambling and daily fantasy sports , but this stalled in the House .

70 iGB Affiliate Issue 66 DEC 2017 / JAN 2018