Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval Pressures New Jersey To Share Online Player Liquidity

Currently there are only three states in the United States of America — Delaware, Nevada, and New Jersey — which permit regulated online poker. In early 2015, Delaware and Nevada signed a pact enabling the two states to share player liquidity in hopes of growing the game and making them more attractive to players. Now, Nevada is attempting to put pressure on New Jersey to follow suit and share player liquidity.

Recently, Legal Sports Report reported that the Nevada Gaming Policy Committee would meet with eSports representatives to discuss two main topics: “eSports and the next generation of gaming” and “online gaming and future opportunities for Nevada.”

While eSports dominated the meeting, Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval took advantage of the spotlight to also talk about online poker, where the state’s market is a distant second to New Jersey. Despite Las Vegas being known as the gaming capital of the world, it makes sense that less total players are active in Nevada due to its population of 2.8 million compared to New Jersey’s 8.9 million. While Nevada does attract many gaming tourists, playing online isn’t one of the top activities, which is another reason why tournament guarantees and ring-game liquidity are much lower than that of the Garden State.

Sandoval created waves during the meeting when he stated the state was immediately ready to sign an interstate agreement with New Jersey.

“I’m ready to go,” shared Sandoval. “It’s a win-win for both states.”

A.G. Burnett, Chairman of the Nevada Gaming Control Board, immediately hopped on the bandwagon by saying the state was “ready, willing, and able” to forge ahead with an agreement with New Jersey to share player liquidity.

Many agree this would be a huge win for Nevada, as New Jersey’s online poker economy is holding strong and would provide an increase in offerings attractive to those living in and visiting the Silver State. Additionally, while an agreement may not be as monumental for New Jersey, it would also potentially pave the way for future shared liquidity agreements if other states such as Pennsylvania, New York, Michigan, and California are able to also create a regulated online gaming regime.

Sandoval may have been overly optimistic about the strength of his state, sharing during the meeting that the states coming to an agreement “would be like putting together the Yankees and the Dodgers.” While it is …

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