Last year Delaware, Nevada and New Jersey became the first states in the nation to legalize Internet gambling. But so far, their online gambling revenues have been falling far short of projections.

New Jersey’s Republican candidate for U.S. Senate said in an interview that he opposed expanding Internet gambling, and questioned the growing reliance by states on gambling tax proceeds. “I think it just hurts working America and it tempts them,” Jeff Bell said of Internet gambling, “and it causes social damage, and I think it’s going […]

The Delaware Lottery has released its official online gaming numbers for the month of May 2014 with figures pointing to a continued decline in online poker state-wide.

State lawmakers who dream of dollar signs from legalized online gambling might want to pause for a moment to consider Delaware, Nevada and New Jersey. Last year, the three states became the first in the country to legalize Internet gaming. But as New Jersey Treasurer Andrew Sidamon-Eristoff told state lawmakers earlier this year: “Clearly, the […]

In February, an attack ad titled “Don’t Let the Games Begin” started popping up in online gambling forums. The ad opens on two shadows shaking hands in a dark city alley. We see a distraught mother at her laptop, a young child at a computer in a dim bedroom, police cars with sirens. A narrator […]

For a few months, New Jersey’s online casinos appeared to be building momentum. But as the temperatures have risen and summer draws closer, it appears that interest in the new gambling sites is starting to wane.