{"id":5136,"date":"2017-06-22T11:45:47","date_gmt":"2017-06-22T16:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onlinepokeramerica.com\/?p=5136"},"modified":"2017-06-22T11:45:47","modified_gmt":"2017-06-22T16:45:47","slug":"a-new-online-gambling-advocacy-group-formed-to-push-igaming-in-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onlinepokeramerica.com\/news\/a-new-online-gambling-advocacy-group-formed-to-push-igaming-in-the-us\/","title":{"rendered":"A New Online Gambling Advocacy Group Formed To Push iGaming In The US"},"content":{"rendered":"
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At long last, an advocacy group has been formed this week by several online gambling operators including Amaya, Paddy Power Betfair, Golden Nugget, Paysafe, and Resorts Interactive, is looking to knock down the figurative wall that legalization of online gambling in the United States has hit in recent years.<\/p>\n
The group, named iDevelopment and Economic Association (iDEA), is the first association of its kind in the United States to solely represent the companies who are offering gambling services in a rather stagnant US online casino industry.<\/p>\n
iDEA, formed from a coalition of industry leaders, mainly online gambling businesses, sets out to grow jobs and expand online interactive entertainment business in the United States through advocacy and education. It uses a research on New Jersey\u2019s legalization of online gambling as a benchmark, highlighting all the successes and benefits it has brought to the state, which ultimately leads to claims of it being a winner. It hopes to use the results of this research to push forward the legalization and regulating of online casinos across the other states in the US.<\/p>\n
\u201cNew Jersey’s experience provides valuable lessons for other U.S. states considering online gambling legalization in the future,\u201d said Jeff Ifrah, one of iDEA\u2019s founding members and a gaming attorney. He also says that by legalizing iGaming, \u201cit guarantees that operators are accountable and that players can trust that they will be protected.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n