Report: Discussions Underway to Include eSports in 2024 Olympics

Leopold Chung, secretary general of the International eSports Federation, has disclosed that his group is in “deep in talks” with organizers of the 2024 Paris Olympics about including eSports...

Published May 7, 2018

UK Gambling Commission Fines LeoVegas

LeoVegas has been fined by the UK Gambling Commission for accepting bets from problem gamblers who had put themselves on self-exclusion lists. The commission fined the site £600,000 for...

Published May 7, 2018

70 Bids Received for Italian iGaming

Italy’s casino regulator ADM recently received 70 applications to operate online gaming. A variety of bids were submitted.

Published May 7, 2018

Belgium Declares Video Game Loot Boxes Gambling

The Belgian Gaming Commission has ruled that randomized loot boxes in three specific video games are games of chance and the game’s publishers could be subject to fines and...

Published May 7, 2018

Borgata Linked Online Sites Launch Live Dealer Games in New Jersey

New Jersey online gambling sites linked to Atlantic City’s Borgata casino have quietly launched live dealer games in New Jersey. The sites BorgataCasino, playMGM and PartyCasino now offer the...

Published May 7, 2018

Online Gambling Grows In Denmark

Danish gambling regulator Spillemyndigheden reports that online gaming now makes up more than half of all gaming in the country. Overall gambling revenue in Denmark for 2017 was $1.53...

Published April 30, 2018

Macau Police Move on Cryptocurrency Launch

Macau’s Judiciary Police announced that a male Macau resident had been detained for allegedly giving false information to attract investors in a cryptocurrency launch for use in transactions related...

Published April 30, 2018

China Bans Online Poker Apps on Social Media

China appears to be cracking down on online poker by declaring that the game will no longer be recognized as a competitive sport and banning promotion of online poker...

Published April 30, 2018

Melco and Garena Join to Host eSports in Macau

Melco Resorts & Entertainment announced a partnership with digital entertainment platform Garena to host the eSports 2018 League of Legends Master Series Spring Final at Studio City Macau. The...

Published April 30, 2018

Swiss to Vote on Foreign Gaming Websites

Switzerland will vote in June on a government proposal that would ban foreign casino websites. Crying censorship, a coalition of young people of all political stripes has risen to...

Published April 30, 2018

MLB, NBA May Be Trying to Cut Investment in DFS

A report on ESPN says Major League Baseball and the NBA are trying to exit their investment in daily fantasy sports sites DraftKings and FanDuel, but would still maintain...

Published April 30, 2018

New Jersey to Join Online Poker Player Sharing in May

New Jersey will begin online poker player sharing with Nevada and Delaware as soon as May 1. Two of Caesars Interactive’s online poker brands—WSOP.com and 888 Poker—plan to go...

Published April 23, 2018

N.Y. Lawmaker Calls for Online Betting Task Force

Queens Assemblyman Clyde Vanel (l.) has introduced a bill to form a 10-member panel to recommend policies and best practices for governing the state’s prospective online market in sport...

Published April 23, 2018

Pennsylvania Lottery to Go Online in May

The Pennsylvania Lottery will begin selling different draw games online in May, with “virtual sports monitor” games to be added in June.

Published April 23, 2018

South Korea Fines Three Companies $1 Million For Deceptive Loot Box Odds

The South Korean Fair Trade Commission has fined three South Korean games developers about $1 million for misrepresenting the odds used in their in-game loot boxes. The companies include...

Published April 23, 2018

Playtech Buys Stake in Snaitech

Playtech has bought a 70.6 percent stake in Italian gaming and betting operator Snaitech for €846 million. The company said it expects to acquire all the remaining shares in...

Published April 23, 2018

Asian Poker Tour Partners with Cryptocurrency

The Asian Poker Tour has announced a sponsorship agreement with CoinPoker, which bills itself as a “worldwide cryptocurrency-based” online poker room. CoinPoker will offer players around the world the...

Published April 23, 2018

Florida Internet Cafes: Legal In City, Illegal In County

Internet cafes operate in St. Augustine, Florida, but they're illegal in St. Johns County. City police monitor the half-dozen cafes, since St. Augustine was the base of the internet...

Published April 16, 2018

PokerStars Blocks Social Games Play from Washington State

PokerStars has stopped accepting players at its free social games sites from Washington State after a federal court ruling there that social games play constitutes gambling under state law....

Published April 16, 2018

Poland Online Gambling Market Off to Slow Start

A review of the first year of regulated online gaming under Poland’s new gambling act by Casino News Daily found few major online companies entering the newly regulated market....

Published April 16, 2018