Borgata COO: Online Gambling in New Jersey is Exceeding Expectations

Tom Ballance (l.), COO of Atlantic City’s Borgata Casino Hotel & Spa says that New Jersey’s foray into online gaming is off to a great start and is not...

Published January 13, 2014

California May Legalize Online Poker in 2015

Online poker may eventually be legalized in California, but probably not until next year, say supporters, citing looming national and state elections that could suppress support for the measure....

Published January 13, 2014

IGT Launches Battleship for Online and Mobile

IGT Interactive establishes an industry first with a simultaneous online and mobile launch of Battleship, along with adaptations of several other classic board games.

Published January 13, 2014

PartyPoker and Borgata Launch New Online Gambling Apps in New Jersey

Both PartyPoker and the Borgata Casino Hotel & Spa, which are partnered to offer online gaming in New Jersey, are offering new apps for their respective online gaming sites....

Published January 13, 2014

Bulgaria Revamps Online Gaming Laws

The Bulgarian Parliament has revoked its 15 percent tax on gambling revenue in place of a tax on profits and done away with its blacklist restricting online operators in...

Published January 13, 2014

Online Gaming Accounts Continue to Climb in New Jersey

The latest figures from New Jersey show that more than 148,000 online accounts have been opened in the state since online gambling went live in November. The amount of...

Published January 13, 2014

Zynga Sparks Bitcoin Rally

Online gaming Company Zynga has announced that it is testing whether to accept the virtual currency Bitcoins as payments for some of its games. The new sparked a rally...

Published January 13, 2014

Newspaper Wants Casino Lending Banned

The editorial board of the Milwaukee Journal Times said the legislature should prohibit online gambling companies from also offering online lending. The board noted that the Lac du Flambeau...

Published January 13, 2014

iGamingPlayer.com Hires Gaming Expert as Correspondent

iGamingPlayer.com, the first affiliate site dedicated to the legal and regulated online casino industry in the U.S., has retained John Mehaffey, the editor-in-chief for USPoker.com, to contribute content to...

Published January 13, 2014

Report: Bodog Asia Raid Spurred by Former CEO Jan Robert Gustafsson

An affidavit by former Bodog Asia CEO Jan Robert Gustafson led to the November raid of Bodog Asia’s offices according to a report on CalvinAyre.com.

Published January 13, 2014

Feds Shut Down Oklahoma Online Tribal Casino

Efforts to legalize tribal online gaming hit a serious roadblock last week when the federal government blocked a website owned by an Oklahoma tribe, which had reached an agreement...

Published January 6, 2014

Analysis: PartyPoker Takes Early Lead in New Jersey

According to figures released by PokerScout, which tracks online poker play, PartyPoker and BorgataPoker.com have grabbed 50 percent of New Jersey’s online poker market. WSOP.com has 30 percent. As...

Published January 6, 2014

Taiwan and China Cooperate to Shut Online Gambling Operation

China and Taiwan worked together in a rare instance of cooperation to close an online gambling operation which was working across their borders. The two countries announced four arrests...

Published January 6, 2014

New Jersey Online Gambling Gets Big Marketing Push

Many Atlantic City casinos and their online gambling partners waited for online gaming to go live in the state before launching advertising campaigns. Now, more than a month into...

Published January 6, 2014

PokerStars Weighs in On Atlantic Club and New Jersey License Suspension

A report in the Associated Press outlines PokerStars first response to the sale of Atlantic City’s Atlantic Club casino—which it tried to buy unsuccessfully in 2013—and its hopes to...

Published January 6, 2014

Poll Finds Americans Support Online Gambling

A new poll finds that 65 percent of U.S. residents have a positive view of online gambling while 32 percent think online gambling should be banned. The poll found...

Published January 6, 2014

Online Poker in California Could Generate $348 million

A study by research institution Academicon and PokerScout estimates that online poker in California could generate $263 million in revenue in its first year and up to $348 million...

Published January 6, 2014

Bitcoin Values Plunge

The virtual currency Bitcoin saw its values drop after a series of international moves that hurt the currency’s viability. China’s largest online market stopped accepting Bitcoins, Denmark announced it...

Published January 6, 2014

Skrill CEO Talks New Jersey Online Gambling

Neil Steinhardt, CEO of online payment system Skrill, gave a recent e-mail interview to Online Poker Report where he discusses his company’s involvement with New Jersey online gambling sites....

Published January 6, 2014