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Online Gambling Operator PlayUp Sees House of Cards Fall, Starting With New Jersey Shutdown
Online gamblers interested in placing sports bets on PlayUp were out of luck on July 21. That’s because, on July 19, New Jersey regulators revoked PlayUp Sportsbook‘s ability to do business in the state, as well as follow through on its PlayUp Casino plans. Plus, on July 21, the operator’s house of cards continued falling […]
WynnBet Becomes Third Online Casino Partner for EveryMatrix in New Jersey
EveryMatrix has signed a deal with WynnBet to provide the operator with online casino content in New Jersey. The agreement allows WynnBet to offer games developed by EveryMatrix’s subsidiaries, including Armadillo Studios. Games from EveryMatrix are already live with two other online casinos in New Jersey. Popular titles include: Armadillo Goes West Fortune Dragon Queen […]
Online Casino Live Dealer Competition Sees Playtech Enter the Augmented Reality Looking Glass
New Jerseyans will be the first to benefit from the latest product in a stepped-up US online casino live dealer competition. On July 18, Playtech announced its “live casino game show” reminiscent of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. The product, Adventures Beyond Wonderland (ABW), has live dealers interacting with augmented reality versions of […]
Evolution Launches Lightning Dice Live Dealer Game in New Jersey
Evolution announced the New Jersey launch of its newest online live casino game, Lightning Dice. The game is already streaming live from Evolution’s studio in Atlantic City and is available to players in the state. Evolution describes Lightning Dice as a straightforward yet captivating dice game that incorporates random number generated “Lightning” strike multipliers of […]
Unibet’s Upgraded Platform Now Available in Pennsylvania, New Jersey
After a period of downtime on July 10, Unibet Pennsylvania is back up and running, now using the latest online casino and sportsbook platform from owner Kindred Group. Unibet made the same upgrade for New Jersey players in May. That means the company has now rolled out the new platform in both its US online casino markets. […]
New Jersey Online Casinos Officially Receive Five-Year Extension
On June 30, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed Assembly Bill 2190 into law, officially extending the state’s online casino legislation for another five years. That means that New Jersey iGaming can continue until at least November 2028 but will need a further extension before then. The five-year extension represents a compromise between the Senate Budget […]
New Jersey Assembly Budget Committee Amends iGaming Extension Again, Now Proposing Five More Years
While it’s unlikely that New Jersey legislators will let the state’s online casino law expire in November, the length of the extension is still up in the air. New Jersey online casinos launched in November 2013, and the law authorizing them was given a 10-year time limit. Assemblyman Ralph Caputo’s bill A-2190 originally would have […]
NJ Assembly Budget Committee Wants Two More Years of Online Casinos, Not Ten
New Jersey’s need to grant its legal online casinos a 10-year extension seemed like a mere legislative formality, but the Assembly Budget Committee has added a wrinkle to the plot by amending the bill to extend the state’s iGaming law by only two years. The companion bill had already emerged from the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee with the full extension […]
Newest New Jersey Retail Casinos Celebrate 5 Years, Revenue Victories
Two New Jersey retail casinos are turning five on June 28. In celebration, the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Atlantic City and Ocean Casino Resort promise prizes and parties all summer. As the in-person events illustrate, both commercial casinos cater to land-based gamblers. Those gamblers drive core revenue, despite both casinos partnering with online gambling […]
New Jersey Introduces a Responsible Gaming Coordinator and New Tools to Help Problem Gambling
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) Director David Rebuck introduced two new tools to support individuals with gambling problems in the state. These tools include a dedicated hotline and a virtual self-exclusion option from gambling activities. Those who want to exclude themselves from gambling can contact the DGE […]