{"id":47400,"date":"2021-02-08T18:03:49","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T19:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/?p=47400"},"modified":"2021-02-09T20:36:43","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T20:36:43","slug":"slow-play-wsop-com-poker-launch-in-pa-targeted-for-may-or-sooner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/slow-play-wsop-com-poker-launch-in-pa-targeted-for-may-or-sooner\/","title":{"rendered":"Slow Play: WSOP.com Poker Launch in PA Targeted for May or Sooner"},"content":{"rendered":"
In late September 2020<\/strong>, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board<\/strong> (PGCB) approved the application of Caesars<\/strong>\u2018 online poker partner 888 Holdings<\/strong> for an interactive gaming manufacturer license.<\/p>\n That news appeared to herald the imminent launch of WSOP.com Pennsylvania<\/strong>. However, more than four months later poker players in the Keystone State are still waiting.<\/p>\n Now it appears the wait will continue for at least a few more months, perhaps until May or later<\/strong>. That\u2019s what 888 Holdings Senior Vice President Yaniv Sherman<\/strong> indicated in an interview with Pokerfuse<\/em><\/a> late last week.<\/p>\n Asked about when WSOP.com PA might launch, Sherman, the Head of U.S. Operations<\/strong> for 888, said the company is \u201cworking hard to go live the first half of the year, hopefully sooner.\u201d<\/p>\n He then alluded to the potential return of the World Series of Poker<\/strong> to Las Vegas<\/strong> this summer as potentially meaningful for the WSOP.com PA timeline.<\/p>\n Last year the COVID-19 pandemic<\/strong> forced the WSOP to move its in-person tournament summer series online before ending the year with an ersatz Main Event. Sherman explained the company hopes to launch WSOP.com PA before the 2021 WSOP<\/strong>. The series typically runs from late May to mid-July<\/strong>.<\/p>\n If the site were to launch by then, players in Pennsylvania could conceivably start competing for WSOP online bracelets<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Sherman referenced last month\u2019s ruling by the First Circuit Court of Appeals<\/strong> invalidating the US Department of Justice<\/strong>\u2018s opinion of the Wire Act of 1961<\/strong> as a favorable development for incorporating Pennsylvania (and potentially other states) into multi-state agreements.<\/p>\n \u201cAny way that Caesars would want to schedule [the WSOP], typically in mid-year, they want to run the [online] tournaments,\u201d he said. \u201cSo we are trying to meet that timeline.\u201d<\/p>\n888 hopes for WSOP.com PA launch before 2021 WSOP<\/span><\/h2>\n