Michael Gentile: News Archive

PokerStars MI will soon have a competitor: A second online poker room has been cleared to launch in Michigan, with BetMGM MI expecting to launch poker in under 3 weeks.

The race to become the second online poker room in the Keystone State potentially has another runner, as the PA Gaming Control Board is expected to approve GGPoker parent company NSUS Group for an online gaming manufacturer license.

Senior Vice President and Head of US at 888 Holdings Yaniv Sherman talks exclusively to pokerfuse about plans for Michigan and Pennsylvania, shared liquidity, the deployment of Poker 8 and more.

Online gaming in Michigan continues to expand following the opening of the market last week.

The latest favorable ruling in the Wire Act case sets the stage for the expansion of interstate online poker in the US.

Online poker is not expected to be a part of the initial igaming launch in Michigan.

Internet gaming in Michigan is on track to launch before the end of January 2021.

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Online poker is expected to launch in Michigan in early 2021, and now shared liquidity may not take long to follow.

2021 now the most likely time when online gaming in Michigan will become a reality.

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Proposed rules for internet gaming and internet sports betting have cleared committee, and the state gaming regulator is still “hopeful” an online gaming launch could happen before the end of the year.