It’s Official! Michigan Joins Interstate Online Poker Compact. Michigan officially joins Delaware, Nevada, & New Jersey as MSIGA members. Other states could join, with Pennsylvania as the most likely contender currently. I am happy to announce Michigan has joined the multi-state poker compact, and much of the increased tax revenue from multi-state poker will go to support K-12 education in Michigan.It’s a big day for Michigan online poker .
The Mitten State has signed the Multi-State Internet Gaming Agreement (MSIGA) , making Michigan’s entry into the interstate gaming compact with Delaware, Nevada, and New Jersey official .
The addition of Michigan means the compact’s player pool nearly doubles — Michigan is the tenth-largest state in terms of population (10.1 million). MSIGA will now have a combined population of 23.5 million people with which to draw shared liquidity to support online poker.
“I am happy to announce Michigan has joined the multi-state poker compact, and much of the increased tax revenue from multi-state poker will go to support K-12 education in Michigan,” Henry Williams, Executive Director of the Michigan Gaming Control Board (MGCB), said in an announcement on Monday. “By joining, Michigan will almost double the potential pool of participants in multistate poker games.”
SB 991 , a bill sponsored by Sen. Curtis Hertel Jr. (D-East Lansing) and ultimately signed into law by Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in December 2020, included verbiage that said the MGCB could enter agreements for multijurisdictional poker.
“Michigan poker players will enjoy more options and will likely play for bigger money when they can compete against players from other states,” Hertel said. “I am glad we were able to make this possible for Michigan poker players.” Last verified: May 2022 MI Online Poker Operators Have Some Work to Do
Michigan’s online poker operators — BetMGM Poker MI , PokerStars MI , and WSOP MI — must complete several steps to obtain authorization from the MGCB before letting their players enter the shared player pool. The requirements were spelled out in a five-page guidance document that the regulator released in March .
The requirements require that the three operators: Receive approval […]
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