The recent news of three states – New Jersey, Delaware and Nevada – all being granted licenses to legally trade online gambling will come as a massive relief to all involved within the industry. The US market made up a huge proportion of online gambling, and not just for US based sites.

As laws are lifted and as more companies gain acceptance to trade in those states, then the growth of the online gambling industry will likely be huge. What has to be remembered though is that these are very early days in what’s going to be a very long drawn out procedure. Whether the industry can even get back to its original state remains highly doubtful, but it will at least provide a legal outlet for players and also a massive revenue stream for all involved.

Even though Carbon Poker Mobile U.S. have been offering real money iOS & Android poker in the United States for many months now, it is still welcome news that New Jersey has followed in the footsteps of both Delaware and Nevada in gaining a license to legalise online gambling. In what’s been a long, drawn out process, the Garden State has finally got the green light and has managed to capture one of the biggest casinos in the world, Virgin Casino, to come on board as an initial ambassador.

Whilst New Jersey is technically the third state in the US to gain the right to legalise online gambling, they are actually the first to roll it out to their constituents. Nevada and Delaware both have the power to do this, although they are still yet to complete their ‘soft trial’ period.

Playing online poker is possible on numerous hardware platforms – whether you’re using a desktop computer, a smartphone or a tablet, you’re going to be dealing with the same game in a different package. Obviously, desktop computers have long been best suited for that task, but over the past few years cutting edge tablets have overcome some of their inherent limitations like the limited screen real estate or processing power. Consequently, the new generations of Apple’s iPad are arguably best suited for the task, as they combine the best from both worlds – the high portability of an iPhone and the capabilities of a Mac or a Windows PC.