Michigan State has now been admitted to the Multi-State Internet Gaming Association (MSIGA)the Nevada Gaming Control Board announced Wednesday. The Multi-State Internet Gambling Agreement was first entered into by Nevada and Delaware in 2014 to share cash between customers participating in legal forms of iGaming within the geographic boundaries of the jurisdictions.

Michigan’s entry into the Multi-State Internet Gaming Association is contingent on the state fully executing the agreement. The Great Lakes State will become the fourth member of the association: in 2017, New Jersey became the third party to the agreement, expanding the association’s shared liquidity to full online casino games..

“The Multi-State Internet Gaming Association welcomes Michigan to its ranks, along with its nearly 10 million residents, who can now enjoy a full range of interactive games among Association member states,” said Rebecca Satterfield, Association Director. and the Internet Gaming Manager for the Delaware Lottery. “The Association continues to be forward-thinking and welcomes the interest of other gaming jurisdictions in becoming parties to the Accord.”

The Association, a Delaware corporation, administers the affairs of member states that are parties to the Multistate Internet Gaming Agreement. Currently, Michigan and Nevada offer online poker to member states, while Delaware and New Jersey offer a full range of online games..

PRESS RELEASE: The Multi-State Internet Gaming Association announces the entry of the State of Michigan as a party to the Multi-State Internet Gaming Agreement. More here: pic.twitter.com/Gw1o70g8rU

— Nevada Gaming Control Board (@NevadaGCB) April 6, 2022

The agreement was originally signed to allow poker players from Delaware and Nevada, who were previously required to be physically within state borders to play, to meet and compete against players from one state while remaining in the other.. Other jurisdictions also have the option to join, provided they approve online gambling in their state.

The agreement created the Multi-State Internet Gaming Association and the Multi-State Internet Gaming Board to govern the MSIGA.. Each member state elects a representative to the board, which is responsible for approving new members, games, and changes to the original agreement.

The MSIGA has now welcomed a new member who has reported very positive results so far in their online gaming efforts. Michigan’s online sportsbooks and casinos brought in around $4 billion in sports betting and over $1 billion in gross gaming revenue from iGaming in 2021, their first year operations, a start among the best in the history of the United States.

Over the past year, the Michigan books generated $3.97 billion in combined online and retail betting, $319.5 million in gross revenue and $13.6 million in state taxes. . In terms of online casinos and poker rooms, the state at the time became the third in US history to generate over $1 billion in annual revenue. -and the first to do so in its first year- after generating $121.8 million in gross gaming revenue in December.

“It took time for online sports betting to really take off, but online casinos have thrived from the very beginning,” said Eric Ramsey, an analyst for the PlayUSA.com network, in January. “Not many people saw Michigan hit $1 billion in revenue in the first year, especially since no state had ever reached that level before. To do it in the first year was impressive, creating a significant flow of tax revenue from the state along the way.”