It often just takes one.  In the case of bringing online casinos, legally, to the United States it looks like that one might be New Jersey.  It is often said the competition breeds innovation.  The same can bad said of desperation.  New Jersey is trying desperately to save their beloved Atlantic City.  Once the king pin of casinos in the Northeast, that title is quickly being taken away by the stiff competition that has popped up in the past few years.  Pennsylvania with its coming table games has particularly been a threat.

New Jersey has been searching desperately for ways of staying ahead of the competition.  Finally they have come to a point where they are looking to ally themselves with that which was once considered the enemy to brick and mortar casinos.  Online casinos. 

Senator Raymon Lesniak of New Jersey has proposed a bill that will legalize online casinos in New Jersey.  This bill would giver state residents the option of gambling at online casinos run by the revenue hungry casinos of Atlantic City.  This of course is just a start.  If a bill like this passes, that would be the ticket online casino have been looking for. 

There is no way that New Jersey would legalize online casinos and online casino regulations would not spread from state to state.  Not only that, once domestic online casinos are regulated, the United States would be forced to find regulations for online casinos operating in countries that are our trade partners.