online gambling

New Jersey casino regulators dealt a losing hand Wednesday to the world's largest online poker website, barring PokerStars from conducting Internet gambling in the state for two years.

About 75,000 people have signed up for online gambling in the first week and a half after its launch in New Jersey, but at least 200,000 others may have been turned away for various reasons.

New Jersey gambling regulators say about 17,000 people bet online during a five-day test of Internet gambling before it expanded statewide this week.

Online betting is officially underway in New Jersey, and the state's Council on Compulsive Gambling is urging those who may find themselves in trouble to seek help.

New Jersey gambling regulators have given six casinos permission to begin immediate statewide Internet gambling but say the Golden Nugget still has work to do before it can join them.

Some were locked out by software that didn't believe they were in New Jersey. Others had their credit cards rejected, their Social Security numbers questioned and their utility bills requested.

Would-be gamblers from at least 23 states tried to log onto casino gambling websites in the first night of New Jersey's test of online betting.

State Sen. Ray Lesniak is introducing a bill to expand New Jersey's day-old Internet gaming industry, which launched a five-day test period on Thursday.

The Golden Nugget Atlantic City was cleared Thursday evening to begin a test of Internet gambling, joining six other casinos approved earlier in the day.

Looking to make Internet gaming in New Jersey more profitable, state Sen. Ray Lesniak (D-Union) announced a plan earlier today that he hopes will put New Jersey at the hub of an international gaming industry.