Last month New Jersey and Maryland were on about equal footing, however historically this has been completely different in poker terms.
New Jersey poker rooms and the online poker sites generated a combined $3.68 million during February.
Live poker accounted for $1.91 million, while online brought in $1.77 million, however in Maryland, where the casinos don’t enjoy regulated online gaming but could one day, the four brick-and-mortar card rooms took in $3.6 million during February and the poker market grew by some 25 percent last year thanks largely to MGM National Harbor unveiling a 39-table room in December 2016.
But the problem is that the New Jersey intra-state online poker market and it´s player pool is not large enough. Same goes for the ones in Nevada and Delaware, even though they share players. Everything could change if more states legalize, Pennsylvania did so in October, and join in with the markets that are already regulated. Online poker also helps live poker. READ SO: PENNSYLVANIA WILL BAN ONLINE PLAYERS OUTSIDE BORDERS
New Jersey’s poker market averaged $4.5 million a month in 2017, compared to about $3.7 million in Maryland.
In the other hand, Michael Lawton (Senior Research Analyst for the Nevada Gaming Control Board) stated: “The consensus is that traditional poker will not experience any significant growth without a national interactive component to support growth in traditional poker by introducing new players to the game”
