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Three’s A Crowd For Michigan And Pennsylvania Online Poker As WSOP Prepares Its Long-Awaited Expansion

In a first quarter trading update for investors, 888 CEO Itai Pazner said that the company would soon launch online poker in Michigan and Pennsylvania.

“We are excited about the US, where we plan to roll out sports into further states in the next few months, and launch our upgraded poker platform into further states in partnership with Caesars and their leading and hugely popular WSOP brand.”

Michigan and Pennsylvania are two states that went all the way when it came to legalizing online gambling. They not only legalized online sports betting, but added online casino and poker to the mix. However, while operators jumped in quickly to the online sports betting market, online poker has followed on at a more sedate pace.

PokerStars initially held a monopoly in both states – for nearly a year and a half in the case of Pennsylvania. BetMGM was second on the scene in both cases, launching first in Michigan then in Pennsylvania in rapid succession this spring.

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