Electronic Arts Adds eSports Division

Electronic Arts has created an eSports division called the EA Competitive Gaming Division. The division will make classic EA Games available to global eSports competitions.

Published December 21, 2015

Online Gambling Sites Most at Risk of Hacker Attacks

Technology security firm Akamai released a report warning that online gambling sites are at the greatest risk of distributed denial of service attacks by computer hackers. Online gaming sites...

Published December 21, 2015

Betcade Launches Android-based App Store

Betcade has launched early access to an Android-based online gambling app store. The company is moving into an area vacated by Google, which doesn’t allow real-money gambling apps in...

Published December 21, 2015

Betfred to Offer Inspired Gaming’s Mike Tyson Games

Inspired Gaming Group has announced that it has reached an agreement with Betfred to supply the company with its first collection of Mike Tyson gaming products.

Published December 21, 2015

Playtech launches Ace Ventura slot

Playtech has launched a slot game inspired by the Jim Carrey comedy, “Ace Ventura: Pet Detective.”

Published December 21, 2015

Pennsylvania iGaming Pushed to Spring

The state House committee chairman sponsoring comprehensive online gaming legislation in Pennsylvania says the bill will not be voted on this session. Sponsor John Payne (l.) says he’ll bring...

Published December 21, 2015

DraftKings, FanDuel Try to Head Off Problems in California

While their legal battle plays out in New York, representatives for the two biggest daily fantasy sports companies told California legislators they want to work with the state to...

Published December 21, 2015

Tabcorp, Murdoch Partner on iGaming

Tabcorp is partnering with billionaire Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation to launch a new online gaming business in the U.K. and Irish markets. Tabcorp CEO David Attenborough (l.) says it’s...

Published December 21, 2015

Why DFS Matters to Gaming

What is at stake in the DFS trouble is nothing short of the credibility of gaming not just legality of daily fantasy sports. The integrity of gaming overall is...

Published December 14, 2015

New York Judge Shuts Down DFS

A New York state Supreme Court Judge last week ruled that all daily fantasy sports activities would be shut down until further notice. New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman...

Published December 14, 2015

Pennsylvania iGaming Tied to Budget

Pennsylvania lawmakers have placed their provision to legalize online gaming in the state budget plan for the coming calendar year, anticipating $120 million in revenue. Senate Majority Leader Jake...

Published December 14, 2015

New Jersey Ready to Finalize Some Online Gambling Rules

The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement has opened three online gaming rules for public comment, one of the last steps towards finalizing the rules. The rules would allow...

Published December 14, 2015

Massachusetts Considers Online Gambling Bill

A bill from Senator Bruce Tarr (l.) to allow online gambling through Massachusetts-based casinos has been introduced in the Massachusetts Senate. Online gambling would only be allowed through state...

Published December 14, 2015

Australia’s New South Wales’ OLGR Cracks Down On Gambling Ads

Australia’s New South Wales betting regulator, the Office of Liquor Gaming & Racing, has brought charges against some of the country’s biggest online gambling sites for illegal gambling ads...

Published December 14, 2015

PokerStars Granted Danish Sports Betting License

PokerStars has received a one-year sports betting license from Danish online gaming regulator Spillemynddigheden. The license is a preliminary for a possible five-year license. PokerStars plans to go live...

Published December 14, 2015

Portugal Closes Its Online Poker Market

Portugal has announced that it will not allow online poker sites to pool players in other countries under its new online regulations. The move seems to follow a trend...

Published December 14, 2015

Playtech Won’t Acquire Ava Trade

Technology provider Playtech said it has withdrawn its application to buy forex financial trading platform Ava Trade.

Published December 14, 2015

OLG Debuts Fire Horse Online

In an effort to integrate slots and horseracing, the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation launched Fire Horse, a slots-like online game available on the OLG's newly created horseracing page,...

Published December 14, 2015

iGaming Up in South Africa

Lobbyists for the South African casino industry say online gaming contributed R17.2 billion (US$1.13 billion) to the nation’s gross domestic product in the 2014-15 fiscal year, an increase of...

Published December 14, 2015

IGT Licenses Patents to Gamesys

International Game Technology will provide online gaming company Gamesys with intellectual property usage rights for signature game features. IGT’s Victor Duarte (l.) says the deal will help deliver better...

Published December 14, 2015