PokerStars Goes Live As Michigan’s First Online Poker Room
PokerStars launch means Michigan is fifth state to go live with legal online poker. Fox Bet and PokerStars Casino are also live in Michigan online gambling.
A Michigan native, Matt has worked at newspapers in Michigan, Missouri and the Virgin Islands.
A versatile sports reporter, Matt has covered sailing on the Great Lakes, cricket in the Caribbean, high school and pro playoffs, and the Olympics in Rio. He's also the former host of the Locked On Pistons Podcast and producer of a documentary on Emoni Bates. A former blackjack dealer, Matt has studied the industry from all sides.
PokerStars launch means Michigan is fifth state to go live with legal online poker. Fox Bet and PokerStars Casino are also live in Michigan online gambling.
PointsBet is expected to launch live dealer games in its Michigan online casinos in 2021. The company will build a physical studio in the Great Lakes State.
PartyPoker and PokerStars could be getting more company when Michigan's online poker market launches, likely not until 2021.
The potential of a matured Michigan gambling market continues to expand while the finish line gets closer and closer by the week.
Servers and live dealer studio requirements among the reasons that Michigan online casino growth will be slow. But it'll be huge, eventually.
All 23 tribal casinos are closed because of the COVID-19 crisis.