TN Co Star of Online Poker Verification And Security

Though currently Tennessee does not allow state-based properties or companies to offer online gambling to its residents, one of the businesses legally registered in Franklin, Tennessee just became a significant player in the US online poker industry. Nevada quickly pushed through legislation in early 2012 to legalize online poker for its residents and travelers located within state boundaries. And on Friday, October 18, PRNewswire reported that the Tennessee company Player Verify was "given the green light" by the Nevada Gaming Commission, and awarded an online poker service provider license in the Silver State.

A recent report indicated that in 2012 verifiable financial indicators show that $2.6 billion was gambled either legally or illegally online in the United States. Bear in mind, these were simply the figures which could be confirmed, so that number is probably significantly higher. While state-sponsored Tennessee online poker is currently up in the air, Player Verify is not letting that slow them down from grabbing a piece of the massive financial pie that is American online gambling in other states which have legalized it.

The multibillion-dollar digital gambling market received a boost in late 2011 when the usually grumpy Department of Justice presented US players with an early Christmas present. The day before Christmas Eve, it gave United States Internet gamblers the gift of letting each individual state figure out its own online gambling destiny. Nevada, Delaware and New Jersey quickly presented and passed legislation favoring some form of online gambling for their state residents and visitors, and several other states such as California and Pennsylvania are very close to doing the same.

Currently Tennessee online poker is offered by legally licensed offshore operators only, but many Tennessee residents and other US citizens believe it is only a matter of time before most states, and possibly federal legislators, adopt a poker friendly piece of legislation. After all, the DOJ reversed their opinion back in 2011 because they recognized poker as a "game of skill", and not of chance. Player Verify managing member Mark Dalton said his company is excited about the Nevada Gaming Commission and Control Board Technology Division decision to allow his company to become an integral part of history-making online poker legislation in the United States.

Calling his company the "only site of its kind", Dalton claimed Player Verify recognizes the need for hard copy document verification working hand-in-hand with cutting-edge technology and software. One unique option his company delivers is a speedy approval of a player's identity if he or she already exists in a nationwide US database of government or public information stores. Launched in 2010, the Tennessee-based Player Verify uses drivers license, passport, proof of address information and scans, as well as existing online information, to verify Internet poker players' identities. This recent Nevada deal instantly makes the Volunteer State company a major player in the billion-dollar online poker industry in the United States, and poises them perfectly as a viable influence in upcoming Tennessee online poker debates.

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