Online gambling has been legalized in New Jersey

According to The Wall Street Journal, New Jersey has become the third (after Nevada and Delaware) American state in which online gambling is legalized.

According to the law signed by the governor of the state Chris Christie, casinos located in Atlantic City (and this is the second center of the US gambling industry after Las Vegas) are allowed to open websites accepting real bets, but only users who are geographically located in this state can play. Their location will be closely monitored. 

Of course, this will have an impact on the further development of the social and mobile gambling market. According to H2 Gambling Capital estimates, online gambling in the “Garden State” (New Jersey has such an unofficial name) will generate revenue of $410 million in the first year.

By the way, the other day, the boss of Zynga, Mark Pincus, said that his company is now actively working on the development of the social gambling market and is taking the first steps in this direction in the UK.