Estados Unidos: Jogo Online aquece

22/02/2013 by admin in Estados Unidos, Notícias, Regulamentação No Comments

Gov. Brian Sandoval of Nevada signed an online gaming bill Thursday.

The two big casino states, Nevada and New Jersey, are racing into online gambling as a way of protecting their turf. They will in essence become laboratories for what is and is not feasible in Internet wagering.

Shannon Litz/Nevada Appeal, via Associated PressGov. Brian Sandoval of Nevada signed an online gaming bill Thursday.

Nevada legislators, who previously authorized online poker, hurriedly passed a new bill this week that allows the state to enter into deals with other states to essentially pool their gambling populations. “This is the day we usher Nevada into the next frontier of gaming,” Brian Sandoval, Nevada’s governor, said on Thursday as he signed the bill.

In the year since online poker became a theoretical possibility in Nevada, no company has yet offered it. One problem: It’s too small a market, especially in a state where it is not exactly hard to gamble the old-fashioned way — by plunking your body down in a casino or, for that matter, just about anywhere else.

“We don’t have a universe of players,” Pete Ernaut, a Nevada political consultant, told The Las Vegas Review-Journal. “So for us, what we get to offer to a state like California or Texas is that we have the most mature regulatory infrastructure. We have the most mature financial, auditing and collection capabilities, much greater than some of those states, and they have the players.”

Wayne Parry/Associated PressGamblers staying at the Borgata casino in Atlantic City can now place their bets from their rooms.

Meanwhile, New Jersey is also barreling ahead. Chris Christie, the governor, is likely to sign a revised bill permitting a variety of online gambling as soon as next week. All online ventures will be under the tight control of the Atlantic City casinos. Delaware, the smallest of the three states that are moving ahead with online gambling, also has ambitious plans.

In a harbinger of the new age, gamblers at the Borgata casino in Atlantic City will, as USA Today put it, “be able to lose their shirts without wearing one.” Gamblers staying in one of the casino’s 2,000 rooms can now place their bets right there without venturing onto the casino floor. From there it is only a small step to just staying home and gambling from the hammock.

Internet companies that make online games are watching all this with considerable interest. “Is 2013 going to be a game-changer?” asked Paul Thelen of Big Fish Studios, which began offering a gambling app in Britain last fall. “No. But in 2014, it starts getting interesting.”

Fonte: The New York Times

Desde 2004

Visite o Observatório do Jogo Remoto, provavelmente a maior base de dados existente, sobre jogo online… aqui

Conheça e acompanhe o desenvolvimento do nosso projeto europeu … aqui

Visite a nossa página no facebook … aqui

PROJECTO EUROPEU EM DESENVOLVIMENTO

RESPONSIBLEGAMBLING.EU

The Remote Gambling Observatory aggregates transparent and credible information on the licensed operators in the various jurisdictions of the European Union, monitoring their policies for responsible gambling by internationally recognized and scientifically validated standards.

Through the indicators and dimensions of analysis that make up those standards, the Observatory allows an, independent and accurate, assessment of the operators, with regard to its security policies and consumer protectionin several domains.

On the way to a european gambling market regulation, the transparency and accuracy of responsible gambling data disclosed to the public, represents a clear contribution of licensed operators for a reliable gambling environment, reinforcing the consumers trust on the safety of their bets and the knowledge of a sector committed to quality products and with respect for their customers.

O Observatório do Jogo Remoto agrega informação, transparente e credível, sobre os operadores licenciados nas diversas jurisdições da União Europeia, monitorizando as suas políticas de jogo responsável através de requisitos reconhecidos internacionalmente e validados cientificamente.

Através das dimensões de análise e indicadores que compõem aqueles requisitos, o Observatório permite efectuar uma avaliação, independente e rigorosa dos operadores, no que respeita às suas políticas de segurança e protecção dos consumidores nas mais variadas vertentes.

Num caminho para uma regulação europeia do mercado do jogo, a transparência e o rigor da informação prestada ao público no que concerne ao jogo responsável, representa um claro contributo dos operadores licenciados para um ambiente de jogo credível, reforçando a confiança dos consumidores na segurança das suas apostas e no conhecimento de um sector comprometido com a qualidade dos seus produtos e com o respeito pelos seus clientes.