Albania Bans Online Gambling

Albania’s parliament has adopted legislation that ban online betting and prohibit other forms of gambling. The ban will begin January 1 and comes after a governmental move to combat...

Published November 5, 2018

Gibraltar Reaches Agreement with Spain On Gambling Industry

Gibraltar has reached a tentative agreement with Spain to protect its gambling industry in the face of concerns over how Brexit will affect the Overseas British Territory. The deal...

Published November 5, 2018

New York Judge Rules DFS is Gambling

New York Supreme Court Justice Gerald Connolly (l.) has ruled that daily fantasy sports contests are a form of gambling and the state needs to adopt a constitutional change...

Published November 5, 2018

William Hill Offers $308 Million for Mr Green

William Hill Plc is seeking to acquire Swedish-listed Mr Green & Co AB for about $308 million. The UK Bookmaker is seeking to expand its digital businesses and European...

Published November 5, 2018

UK Announces Online Gambling Tax Increase for October 2019

Britain’s Finance Minister Philip Hammond (l.) announced expected increases in taxes on offshore online gambling companies planned to offset revenue losses from a coming cut to the maximum stake...

Published November 5, 2018

Atlantic City’s Ocean Resort Opens Esports Lounge

The Ocean Resort Casino in Atlantic City has opened “The Den,” an eSports facility designed to attract younger players to the resort. The opening was part of the casino...

Published October 27, 2018

IGT Signs Pennsylvania iGaming Deal

IGT last week signed a digital platform and content agreement with Penn National Gaming for online gaming in Pennsylvania. Penn will utilize IGT’s PlayCommand to control all of the...

Published October 27, 2018

PAGCOR Clarifies Playtech Licensing

The Philippines gaming regulator PAGCOR has clarified its position on granting Playtech a monopoly on providing random number generating games to POGO license holders. The regulator told CalvinAyres.com that...

Published October 27, 2018

Louisiana Voters To Determine DFS Fate

FanDuel contributed $154,000 of the $154,135 raised by the political committee Fairness for Fantasy Sports in Louisiana, supporting a November 6 ballot issue legalizing fantasy sports apps. The measure...

Published October 27, 2018

Unikrn Gets Isle of Man Licensing for Cryptocurrency, Esports Betting

Esports betting operator Unikrn has been granted licenses for cryptocurrency and real-money online gambling on esports from the Isle of Man. The company says it is the only blockchain-based...

Published October 27, 2018

Sweden Receives 55 Applications for Online Gambling Licenses

Sweden has received at least 55 applications for online casino and sports betting licenses under a reworking of its gambling regulations. Previously, only one betting site, Svenska Spel, was...

Published October 22, 2018

Louisiana Parishes To Vote On Daily Fantasy Sports

On November 6, voters in every Louisiana parish will determine if they want to allow daily fantasy sports, meaning DFS could be legal in various parts of the state....

Published October 22, 2018

Playtech Benefits from Philippine PAGCOR Ruling

PAGCOR, the Philippines’ gambling regulator, has announced that it will give UK-based tech supplier Playtech a practical monopoly as a provider of random number generated casino games to the...

Published October 22, 2018

NetEnt Signs Deal with Churchill Downs

NetEnt has entered into an online games partnership with Churchill Downs in a move which should increase its presence in the New Jersey online market. Churchill Downs has targeted...

Published October 22, 2018

Continent 8 Locates in Atlantic City

The Atlantic City Convention Center (l.) will be home for a gaming data center developed by Continent 8, a data hosting company, which will serve iGaming and sports betting...

Published October 15, 2018

World Poker Tour Partners With FansUnite

The World Poker Tour and FansUnite have announced a global marketing partnership. FanUnite is a Ethereum blockchain protocol that claims to be revolutionizing online sports betting, but can also...

Published October 15, 2018

PokerStars Offering Play’n Go Content in Italy

PokerStars is now offering content from developer Play’n Go in Italy under a partnership agreement signed earlier this year. PokerStars Italy will offer a full suite of games from...

Published October 15, 2018

Sands, Valley Forge In; Rivers Out for PA iGaming

Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem (l.) and Valley Forge Casino Resort are the latest Pennsylvania casinos to apply for online gaming licenses, while Pittsburgh’s Rivers Casino took itself off the...

Published October 15, 2018

GVC Holdings’s CEO Urges Ad Restraint

A coalition of church and political leaders are lining up behind a ban on sports betting advertisement before and after live event. Industry leaders are jumping on board too....

Published October 15, 2018

Victoria Australia Passes Point of Consumption Tax onOnline Bookies

The Australian State of Victoria has passed a point of consumption tax on online bookmakers that is expected to bring in A$30 million a year. The bill passed the...

Published October 8, 2018