WSOP.com Real Money Online Poker Site, Massachusetts, Illinois and More

The topic of legalized real money poker will be hot this week as the World Series of Poker gets ready to kick off.

Pokerati.com predicts the WSOP.com new real money Internet poker site could come online in conjunction with the 2013 WSOP kickoff Wednesday.

WSOP.com did not launch real-money poker last week as rumors suggested they would.  But it’s a safe bet they will be launching the actual WSOP this week – on May 29th, to be exact. WSOP officials have indicated a desire to run online satellites to the 2013 Main Event (which starts July 6th). If that remains their goal, then there’s a pretty small window remaining for launch.

Pokerati.com also suggests keeping a close eye on the states of Massachusetts and Illinois. 

The former is returning to the issue of legalized online poker a la the GOP members of the Senate.  The House attempts a few weeks back failed. 

Legalized online poker is still on the table in Illinois but the current legislative session will come to a close by week’s end and it is doubtful we will see anything pass before that time.

- Patrick Flanagan, Gambling911.com