Online Poker In New Jersey - Is it Legal - What Sites Are Available

With the coronavirus causing public shutdowns around the world, poker tournaments are falling by the wayside day after day. For US-based poker players the answer has always been to travel to Las Vegas or Atlantic City, NJ,  to get their live fix.

Unfortunately, Las Vegas has just begun its own shutdown for at least one month. With the card rooms of Atlantic City possibly looking at doing the same where can New Jersey residents play online in 2020.

If you’re after a quick gambling fix then any NJ online casino list will give you suggestions for a quick blast. For newbies anything you might want to know about which games offer the best odds you will find everything explained here.

Online Poker Rooms Overview

After the devastation of online poker in the US on Black Friday - April 15th 2011 - it took two and a half years before New Jersey was able to get the show back on.

On November 21st 2013, it finally happened. Over the next few years more licenses were handed out with even PokerStars gaining enough support after they illegally serviced US players post UIGEA 2006.

Today, there are four networks covering the Garden State, with seven sites to choose from.

WSOP NJ

A solid choice, with the site pooling traffic with the Nevada player pool. Once known for decent player numbers, they took a 25% hit when Pokerstars entered the market.

The tie-up with 888 has enabled them to keep liquidity at acceptable levels, but this does not apply to cash games of 100NL and above.

888Poker NJ

Just like WSOP.com they took a hit when PokerStars came in, and with only 150 players or so playing cash games, pickings are sparse.

Even the once thriving sit & go pool was hit by the arrival of Spin & Go games on Pokerstars NJ.

partypoker NJ

partypoker was in the market as soon as legislation allowed. Currently there is no other major site doing as much to make online poker what it once was.

Traffic figures are not great, that much is undeniable, but game integrity can always be relied upon.

The great software is really what stands out, though. Bad software is always an enjoyment killer no matter how soft the games are.

Pala Poker NJ

Pala are the new guys on the block. Still growing but customers have been very quiet about what to expect. The traffic is low but maybe you can find a reason to stick around if you give them a try.

Borgata poker review

Using the same software as partypoker NJ you won’t be disappointed. They also share liquidity with their sister site but unfortunately figures are low outside of peak times.

Maybe 80 players during the busiest times and dropping to around 65 the rest of the day.

playMGM poker review

Another sister site joined with partypoker and Borgata. playMGM operates under Borgata NJ’s license and currently has the lowest traffic in the market.

PokerStars NJ review

Nobody ever thought that PokerStars would make a return to the US market. After their major part in the Black Friday scandal everyone was sure that they would be blacklisted permanently.

After the way they have treated their customers in recent years it’s no surprise that they have lost all support from major names in the industry. One by one they have refused to renew their contracts with only support from Twitch streamers remaining, pretty much.

Time will tell if players will eventually have enough of the reduction of bonuses and perks that motivate them to play.