Illinois, New York, California, Massachusetts and now Pennsylvania all looking to get into online gambling
It appears that US states are really now gearing up to join the online gambling sector with at present just Delaware, New Jersey and Nevada fully legalised to do so.
However with Illinois, New York, California, Massachusetts and now Pennsylvania ready to introduce online gambling bills, the landscape of online gambling could change dramatically over the next couple of years.
Much of the need to introduce online gambling in US states comes from huge black holes in state budgets, with many estimating that the introduction of online gambling would generate something in the region of $400 million a year for state taxes.
Illinois and Pennsylvania share a total of 25 million residents, California would be the biggest entrant with just short of 40 million potential players in their state, with all three dwarfing current state operations with New Jersey with 8 million the largest.
Industry observers say that with the current states introducing or ready to introduce bills to legalise online gambling the market in the US would then be a seriously lucrative sector to do business in.
Sheldon Adelson who is desperately trying to stem the flow of states legalising online gambling has a mountain to climb to stop the current wave of bills at state level introducing online gambling.
Even with billions of dollars at his disposal should the states named above move forward and pass legislation to introduce internet gambling Sheldon Adelson will have certainly have lost his war against online gambling.
