A series of developments over the last ten months strongly suggests that West Virginia could soon be welcoming multiple real money online poker operators.
It’s been a long time coming. Lawmakers passed a bill allowing real money online poker back in March 2019, but to date no online poker operators have deployed there. That’s expected to change following recent changes both within and outside the Mountain State.
West Virginia online poker will never be huge on its own — with a population of just under 1.8 million, the state ranks 39th in terms of population. But the state is also uniquely positioned to become the next frontier for the expansion of US online poker.
Up until that date, West Virginia was a segregated market. That likely explains why no operators have launched in the state so far — with only 1.8 million residents, the market is also tiny compared to more populous states with legal real money online poker, like Michigan (10 million residents) and New Jersey (9.3 million).
The other MSIGA states are Delaware and Nevada, with populations of 1 million and 3.2 million, respectively.
