Online gambling is great because you can do it from anywhere, but if you're using a New Jersey site, you'd better be physically in New Jersey.

This week, the garden state is unveiling online gambling and in doing so, is enforcing policy that online players using Jersey gambling sites are within state borders. Apparently, there is reason to suspect that other East Coasters will be trying to roll the dice on Jersey sites from outside state lines, which is a violation of the rules. 

There is a good amount of bite behind Jersey's bark on this one, and technology is playing a significant role in the campaign to keep citizens with legal bounds. Technology companies working with Atlantic City-based casinos have put up "digital fencing," around the states borders, the Associated Press (News - Alert) reports. Digital fencing is designed to do exactly what you may think: prevent betters from surrounding regions from trespassing onto the poker playground. These fences have been erected along the edge of New Jersey borders to prohibit anyone in New York or Pennsylvania from accessing gambling sites.

One of the downfalls from this technology is that it could work against Jew Jersey players. David Rebuck, director of the state Division of Gaming Enforcement, says that accidentally barring Jersey gamblers from online betting is "an unavoidable consequence" of the high-tech digital fencing system.

“Unfortunately for some people, there may not be sufficient verification that they are in New Jersey — even if they are — and they’ll be denied,” said Rebuck. This unfortunate side-effect of the technologically-enhanced security will be looked out for by the casinos and their regulators  during a five-day, invitation-only trial of online gambling that begins on Thursday.

If digital fencing works and the trial goes well, all of New Jersey will have access to online gambling come November 26.