The State of Nevada took another step toward full regulation of online gambling with the announcement of a cooperation agreement between the Nevada Gaming Control Board and the Alderney Gambling Control Commission.

Fun fact: The Alderney Gambling Control Commission is the Commission that issues the operating license for Full Tilt Poker.

Nevada already allows limited online wagering in-state; in late 2010 the NGC approved a mobile sports betting platform for Nevada residents.

The announcement of the agreement didn’t include a ton of specifics about what said cooperation would entail, instead detailing more of a general agreement for information sharing.

Mark Lipparelli, Chairman of the NGCB, commented, “We are fortunate and appreciative of our relationships with governments around the globe similar to what we have developed with the AGCC. As our licensees continue their global expansion and among new business sectors, we must adapt as an agency. Formalizing these distant relationships is a benefit to all involved from many perspectives including cost, time and quality.

Lipparelli is no doubt referring at least in part to the continued expansion of Caesar’s WSOP.com brand into a variety of real-money international markets, most recently Italy.

André Wilsenach, CEO of the AGCC, offered a bit of additional insight into the direction of the partnership:

“Cooperation with other regulatory bodies around the world is fundamental to being a successful regulatory body. Considering the Nevada Board’s long-standing history and experience of regulating gaming, we are very pleased to have formalised our cooperation with the Nevada regulator. We are looking forward to working with them in the areas of investigations, compliance and developing technical standards.

The bit about technical standards is the most telling; Nevada is no doubt interested in emerging as the preeminent regulator of online gambling as regulation in the US advances (at least on the state level), and this partnership suggests that the NGCB is feeling the heat from aggressive attempts over in New Jersey to regulate intrastate online gambling.

For more information on the various online gambling initiatives in play in the US, check out our Poker Regulation page.