Online Poker making a comeback in the US.

Until 2010 or so, you could go to Full Tilt Poker or Poker Stars, or any number of other sites, and play poker games for real money. Feds decided they didn't like it, went after many of the big sites, and now, to my knowledge, unless you're in Nevada, you can't play poker, or participate in any other real-money gaming from US soil. Land of the free and all that.

But if you like the idea of online gaming, for real money, things might be changing.

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New Jersey Set to Launch Real-Money Online Gambling in November

“New Jersey is a very big domino to fall,” said John Pappas, executive director of the Poker Players Alliance. “Hopefully it will reignite some enthusiasm for other states to move forward. I think people view it as much more significant progress because it's in a state that's not just a gaming state. In Nevada, gaming is ubiquitous throughout the state. In New Jersey, it's just in a small pocket.”

Previously, gambling in New Jersey was focused in Atlantic City. Once online gaming goes live, the servers will be hosted by Atlantic City casinos but available for play to people throughout the state.

New Jersey is the 11th-most populous and most densely populated state in the nation. It is also the third-wealthiest U.S. state by 2011 median household income.

“It's one thing to have a state like Nevada go ahead with Internet gaming,” said New Jersey State Sen. Ray Lesniak, the leading sponsor of the bill signed by Gov. Chris Christie in February. “It's another thing to have an urban, wealthy Northeastern state like New Jersey take this step. I believe it will have tremendous reverberations throughout the country.”

http://www.pokernews.com/news/2013/10/new-jersey-set-to-launch-online-gambling-in-november-16283.htm