Key Takeaways
- Delays to the expected approval of PokerStars to operate in New Jersey are down to Governor Chris Christie, according to tweets by New Jersey Democrat Senator Ray Lesniak.
- Of course, Senator Lesniak knows that Governor Christie has no legal power to approve or disapprove of PokerStars’ application—in fact to interfere with the DGE procedure would be illegal. Nevertheless, the Democratic State Senator is free to express his opinions in public and private.
Delays to the expected approval of PokerStars to operate in New Jersey are down to Governor Chris Christie, according to tweets by Democrat Senator Ray Lesniak.
In September, Lesniak forecast that it would be “weeks, not months,” before PokerStars was approved as an operator by the Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE). Since then, there has been little news other than that the DGE is working on the application.
On Tuesday Lesniak was asked about the delay.
