Pennsylvania state politicians have wasted no time in getting back to work in the new legislative season, and there is renewed hope for a gambling expansion bill that includes online gambling and daily fantasy sports. The positive outlook comes from the new chairman of the Community, Economic and Recreational Development Committee in the Senate, Senator …
Illegal online gambling operators can anticipate tougher times in the Philippines following a directive from President Rodrigo Duterte that stamping out illegal gambling is his third most important goal after illegal drugs and government corruption. The president has started with the formation of a special task force headed by trusted Duterte lieutenant, Justice Secretary Vitaliano …
The land-based Casino du Liban, located on the coast at Maameltein, Jounieh in Lebanon around 22 km north of Beirut, is in the process of planning the launch of a new online gambling platform, according to local media reports. The venture will be in partnership with an unnamed international company, and a tender has already …
Comments at his confirmation hearing this week by the incoming Trump administration’s Attorney General nominee, Jeff Sessions, that he would revisit the issue of online gambling and the Wire Act (see previous report) have triggered a swift reaction from New Jersey, which has been successfully running legal and regulated online gambling for the past several …
Last November’s mass arrests by Philippines police and immigration officials of 1,317 allegedly illegal immigrant Chinese nationals working in the online gambling industry (see previous reports) was the subject of legal arguments in a Manila court this week, when 39 of those arrested contested the legality of the warrant. Representing the thirty-nine plaintiffs, defence lawyer …
The UK government has moved on the long-running horse racing levy dispute between UK bookies and the British Horseracing Authority, replacing the current and perennially contentious voluntary system with a mandatory contribution of 10 percent of revenues accrued from betting by UK punters. The levy kicks in after the first GBP 500,000 in gross revenue …
The European online gambling group GoWild has announced the launch of its own new gaming platform, providing entertainment in addition to its Microgaming games, which will now be delivered via the Quickfire platform. The new platform will carry games from more than 15 software providers, including Net Entertainment, Evolution Gaming, Novomatic, Scientific Gaming, Play’n GO, …
British Labour member of parliament for Swansea East, Carolyn Harris, has described as “appalling” player-poaching techniques allegedly encouraged by the online and land bookmaker William Hill plc. Harris was approached for comment by The Guardian newspaper after it was given sight of an internal William Hill memo urging its staff to take part in a …
Legal expert Alex Latner must have impressed Playtech as the online gambling company’s adviser whilst he was a 20-year veteran partner at the London law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner – the company has appointed him its permanent General Counsel. Latner replaces David McLeish who departed Playtech last year, and will continue to give the benefit …
Swedish online gambling games and software developer Play ‘n Go has a foot in the door of the Latvian online gambling market following a content provision agreement with local online casino operator Optibet, which is offering the developer’s full range of desktop and mobile games in its internet and retail betting operations. The gaming suite …
According to a company statement released Thursday, the Australian games developer Royal Wins is all set to launch a real-money mobile skill game on the Android platform, with plans well advanced for an iOS version soon after, App Store permission allowing. The company’s creative director, Myles Blasonato said in the statement that Royal Wins plans …
Online gambling software provider NetEnt and mobile casino operator LeoVegas have collaborated to develop a new 5 reel 25 pay-line slot titled Scruffy Duck, with the operator granted exclusivity until February 8. The game carries a claimed RTP of 96.38 percent and numbers among its features expanding wilds, 6 bonus features, free spins and multipliers. …
One very fortunate online punter in Bermuda has scored a major win on the Winstar slot at the PokerStars online casino, collecting a $825,037 jackpot. This is not the first time the Bermudan has struck hot on PokerStars slots. Last year, he won $428,000 on Genie Jackpots. The double mega jackpot winner explained what winning …
The independent research company Technavio reports that its latest study of the currently suspended Chinese online lottery market shows that once freed from government’s restrictions the market has considerable potential. Technavio predicts that once it is again fully operational the vertical will enjoy market growth of CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate) 4.53 percent between 2016 …
Last year’s appeal by ten state Attorney’s General to the incoming Trump administration asking for its support on the Restoration of America’s Wire Act has been followed by some push back from nine civil liberties groups that have corresponded with vice president elect Mike Pence and the Attorney General nominee Jeff Sessions, urging them not …
With the new year comes a new legislative season in Florida, and among the first bills to be introduced is SB8, a massive 112-page omnibus measure dealing with a variety of mainly land gambling issues. Among them, author Sen. Bill Galvano has inserted provisions that seek to resurrect his earlier quest to clarify the legal …
Industry observers were speculating on apparent changes in ownership this week at Club World Casino, a long established and much respected online casino group that over the past decade was repeatedly the recipient of top casino and management awards. The changes surfaced when Casinomeister owner Bryan Bailey removed the group from his site’s accredited section, …
A libel suit launched in 2013 by Las Vegas land casino mogul Sheldon Adelson against a Wall Street Journal writer has been dismissed by mutual consent, with each side agreeing to bear their own legal costs, no monetary award and the article in question untouched…in short pretty much a draw. The article with which Adelson …
Swedish mobile sports betting firm SpiffX intends to leverage the booming mobile-based sports betting business in Kenya and has partnered with local company Cheza Gaming to enter the market Lennart Gillberg co-founder and sales manager of SpiffX, said in a press statement this week that the partnership with Cheza presented an opportunity to enter the …
Hot on the heels of the FY2016 Atlantic City numbers released Thursday by the New Jersey Division for Gaming Enforcement (see previous report) comes the news that December 2016 was another good month for online gambling. In December the sector delivered revenues of $18.4 million, a year-on-year increase of 31 percent as the online poker …
In an update to the market Thursday online gambling technology and games supplier NYX Gaming advised that it has received approval to provide its products and services across the following Canadian Provinces: British Columbia: NYX is registered as a “Gaming Service Provider” to British Columbia Lottery Corporation by British Columbia Gaming Policy & Enforcement Branch …
Snow-bound Joemel Panisa of Oregon decided last week to give his home office a clean out to pass the time, and it was as well that he did. He found a year-old lottery ticket and decided to check the result….just in case. It turned out to be worth a million dollars, according to a news …
The New Jersey regulator released the 2016 final performance figures for Atlantic City gambling Thursday, showing that online gambling operations assisted the land casinos to post their first revenue increase since 2006. Online gambling revenues over the year came in at $197 million – a 32 percent year-on-year increase. The 7 land casinos still active …
Latest statistics from the independent research company Eilers & Krejcik Gaming will give daily fantasy operators pause for thought – especially DraftKings and FanDuel who are about to merge and hold 90 percent of the market. Researchers found that DFS revenue grew by about four percent last year to c. $3.26 billion, but the market …