{"id":8503,"date":"2015-01-13T00:08:02","date_gmt":"2015-01-13T00:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/2015\/01\/13\/new-jersey-igaming-two-of-new-jerseys-internet-gambling-sites-will-begin-sharing-players-next-week-with-bigger-online-prizes\/"},"modified":"2015-01-13T00:08:02","modified_gmt":"2015-01-13T00:08:02","slug":"new-jersey-igaming-two-of-new-jerseys-internet-gambling-sites-will-begin-sharing-players-next-week-with-bigger-online-prizes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/2015\/01\/13\/new-jersey-igaming-two-of-new-jerseys-internet-gambling-sites-will-begin-sharing-players-next-week-with-bigger-online-prizes\/","title":{"rendered":"(New Jersey &#8211; igaming) Two of New Jersey&#039;s Internet gambling sites will begin sharing players next week, with bigger online prizes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- Original Post Content --><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><strong>WSOP, 888 to combine prize pools<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\tATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) \u2013 Two of New Jersey\u2019s Internet gambling sites will begin sharing players next week, with bigger online prizes.<\/p>\n<p>\tWSOP.com and 888poker.com will start sharing players on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\tThe move is designed to increase so-called player liquidity, a key area New Jersey\u2019s year-old Internet gambling market is seeking to improve as it begins its second year.<\/p>\n<p>\t\u201cShared liquidity will help create a better player experience that we hope will attract a diversity of players and begin to bring poker to a broader audience once again,\u201d said David Licht, CEO of the All American Poker Network, the joint venture between 888 Holdings and Avenue Capital.<\/p>\n<p>\tInternet gambling in New Jersey took in only about a tenth of the $1 billion supporters had forecast for its first year. The state is looking to increase the size of player pools and jackpots by seeking compacts with other states where Internet gambling is legal.<\/p>\n<p>\tOnline poker is a potential growth area in New Jersey. The state Division of Gaming Enforcement said that in its first year, poker accounted for only 25 percent of New Jersey\u2019s Internet revenue, with the 75 percent coming from online casino games.<\/p>\n<p>\tCaesars Interactive Entertainment says the move will increase prize guarantees for tournaments, and lead to a greater number of players available for cash games.<\/p>\n<p>\tThe sites will begin sharing $130,000 in guaranteed tournaments each week.<\/p>\n<p>\tEach site will continue to maintain its individual reward and VIP programs.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>Replies:<\/h3>\n<p>No replies were posted for this topic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WSOP, 888 to combine prize pools ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) \u2013 Two of New Jersey\u2019s Internet gambling sites will begin sharing players next week, with bigger online prizes. WSOP.com and 888poker.com will start sharing players on Monday. The move is&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other-games"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8503\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}