Tech Problems Mar New Jersey Online Gambling Test

New Jersey is half way through its five-day trial period of online gambling and if all goes well online gambling will officially launch this Tuesday. However, there are already reports of some issues.

A number of players are reporting that they repeatedly receive security messages saying that they are not within New Jersey’s borders, even after driving a number of miles into the heart of the state.

One resident, Tina Gonzalez from Ocean Township, attempted to setup an account with the Borgata Casino but ended up talking to a call-center for 40-mins, she then set up an account with Caesars and her computer proceeded to crash. Gonzalez said, “I made a small deposit, but when I tried to play they said I wasn’t in New Jersey. I’m afraid that when they try to do this state-wide on the 26th it’s going to be mayhem.”

However, despite the setbacks, Alisa Cooper, a commissioner with the New Jersey Casino Control Commission, said that it was a “very exciting time” for Atlantic City, “With the dawn of Internet gaming, we are on the cusp of perhaps the biggest change — and challenge — since the first casino opened here,” Cooper said.