The possibility of US state licensed and regulated gaming sites accepting players from those states in the not-too-distant future is looking more likely.
Just last week The Chairman of the Nevada Gaming Control Board, Mark Lipparelli, stated that that online operators with licences and technical systems approved by the state could be up and running for real-money, intra-state online poker before the end of 2012. And this week a Seton Hall University Law professor testified that the New Jersey Legislature could pass a bill regulating online poker without putting the bill to voters in a ballot question in November.
So, let's assume that online poker, or other forms of online gaming, are approved in some states, and that licensed sites accepting players from those states go live. How long after that happens do you think it will be until any of those sites operate an affiliate program?
Besides giving your opinion about how long it will take in the poll, please share in a post your thinking behind that opinion. And also share any thoughts you have about what sorts of requirements might be imposed on affiliates operating in conjunction with licensed US state properties. Do you think it would be easy to become an affiliate? Do you think affiliates would be subject to licensing requirements of their own as is the case for some types of service providers to the land-based gaming industry in many US jurisdictions?
Michael