BetMGM adds Pennsylvania to shared online poker pool
BetMGM has added Pennsylvania to the BetMGM Poker shared player pool, which includes players from Michigan and New Jersey.
Starting April 28, players in all three states will be able to compete for combined prize pools, including the US$1 million BetMGM May Millions series.
Pennsylvania’s addition to the BetMGM poker pool comes after Governor Josh Shapiro signed an agreement this week to add the state to the Multi-State Internet Gaming Agreement for poker.
The agreement means that the state’s gaming regulator, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, will be able to work with gambling regulators in Michigan, New Jersey, Nevada, Delaware and West Virginia, while giving Pennsylvania poker players access to bigger prize pools.
“Pennsylvania represents the largest state to join the shared player pool and turbocharges our poker platform,” Vice President of Gaming at BetMGM Angus Nisbet said in a statement. “This expanded player pool will allow us to deliver more games and bigger tournaments to our players.”
Online poker is regulated at the state level, so prize pools are limited by the number of players in one state. The Multi-State Internet Gaming Agreement, launched in 2014 by Nevada and Delaware, is an initiative to combine state poker prize pools, providing more liquidity in poker markets.
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