California Online Poker Near Vote

Whether California will legalize iPoker this term will be decided soon. The issue is coming down to the wire in the Assembly—and if it passes there, its chances are...

Published August 15, 2016

Ignition Casino Buys Bovada Poker

Bovada Poker, the most notorious international online poker site that accepts U.S. players, has been purchased by Ignition Casino. The move comes as a surprise to most industry observers,...

Published August 15, 2016

Antigua and Barbuda Hope to Settle Gambling Case Against U.S.

Antigua and Barbuda are reportedly again trying to settles its case challenging U.S. law that restrict U.S. gamblers from paying on the nation’s online sites. Officials, however, say the...

Published August 15, 2016

Penn Pushes Deeper Into Social Gaming

Penn National Gaming loves the synergies between online social gaming and its sizable portfolio of land-based casinos and expects they’ll increase with the company’s recent $60 million purchase of...

Published August 15, 2016

Boyd Launches Nevada Betting App

Boyd Gaming is delving into remote betting with a mobile sports and race app. Players have to be in Nevada to use B Connected Race & Sports, as the...

Published August 15, 2016

PokerStars Accused of Stealing Rules

Former PokerStars pro player Marcel Luske (l.) in Nevada’s Clark County District Court says PokerStars strung him along to get his International Poker Rules. He says PokerStars copied them...

Published August 15, 2016

Daily Fantasy Sites Spent $800,000 in New York

Lobbying efforts by daily fantasy sports sites DraftKings and FanDuel in New York topped $800,000. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has signed a bill legalizing DFS in the state,...

Published August 15, 2016

Tribe Delays Real-Money Site Launch

The Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma's free-play site, www.PokerTribe.com, is available to U.S. residents except in Oklahoma, and to international markets. The tribe had to delay the launch of its...

Published August 8, 2016

New York, Massachusetts OK DFS Laws

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (l.) on August 3 signed into law a measure legalizing paid daily fantasy sports (DFS) in the state. The new law defines DFS as...

Published August 8, 2016

Delaware Online Gambling On A Roll

Delaware has seen record highs for its online gambling revenue for four straight months. The state’s online sites took in $304,000 for June.

Published August 8, 2016

DFS Sites Will Not Repeat Advertising Blitz This Fall

After ads for daily fantasy sports sites seemingly took over the TV airwaves at the start of the 2015 NFL season, the top DFS sites are saying that won’t...

Published August 8, 2016

Skins Betting Continues Despite Shutdown Attempt

A move by video game company Valve to shut down skins betting sites centered on its game Counter Strike: Global Offensive doesn’t seem to be working as bets continue...

Published August 8, 2016

Quebec Sued Over ISP Blocking

The government of Quebec is being sued by the Canadian Wireless Telecoms Association over its order to block unlicensed gambling sites in the province. The association wants the ISP...

Published August 8, 2016

Tatts Bids on Intralot

Australian gaming operator Tatts Group Ltd. has announced it is in talks to buy the Australian-New Zealand business division of Greek gaming technology provider Intralot.

Published August 8, 2016

XIN Gaming Acquires Tain and Betting Promotion

XIN Gaming has acquired the merged Swedish companies Tain and Betting Promotion for a reported $10 million. Tain is a software and solutions provider and Betting Promotion is a...

Published August 8, 2016

Microgaming Releases Three Games for August

Microgaming will launch three new online slots games in August covering a variety of themes. Karaoke Party, Monkey Keno and Frozen Diamonds are available to Microgaming and Quickfire operators,...

Published August 8, 2016

Czech Finance Minister Hacked in Online Gambling Protest

The computer hackers group Anonymous hacked company websites of billionaire Czech Finance Minister Andrej Babis's in protest to a law allowing the Czech government to shut down illegal online...

Published August 8, 2016

Sportsbet Warns Against South Australia Online Gambling Tax

Sportsbet has come out against a South Australian place of consumption tax, saying it will make gamblers there pay the most for online gambling. Several betting agencies have launched...

Published August 8, 2016

European Commission Proposes Abolishing Bitcoin Anonymity

The European Commission has proposed a directive to help prevent the use of digital currencies to finance criminal activities and terrorism. The proposal would create a central database holding...

Published August 8, 2016

GOP Drops Online Gambling Opposition from Platform

Lost in the coverage of the GOP convention in Cleveland and the ascendency of nominee Donald Trump (l.) was the fact that the party has dropped opposition to online...

Published August 1, 2016