UK Regulator Cracking Down on Online Operators

The UK Competition and Markets Authority is launching a probe and crackdown on online gambling operators for violating consumer protection laws in their advertising and sign-up promotions. The commission...

Published July 3, 2017

New Report: Web Gambling Pays

Research backed by an online gaming trade group finds that New Jersey has benefited enormously from internet gambling. In just four years, the intrastate market has generated more than...

Published July 3, 2017

Illinois Online Gambling Bill Fails

H 479 would have legalized and regulated internet gambling and daily fantasy sports in Illinois but it didn't make it through the special session ending Friday, June 30. DraftKings...

Published July 3, 2017

UK Football Association Ends Online Gaming Sponsorships

The UK Football Association has announced it is ending affiliations with gambling companies including cancelling a £4 million a year contract with Ladbrokes. The FA said the decision follows...

Published July 3, 2017

Delaware Moves DFS Bill

In a continuing push by lawmakers for income outside of taxes, a bill to legalize and regulate daily fantasy sports sponsored by Rep. Charles Potter (l.) has cleared a...

Published July 3, 2017

Reuters Report Finds Fake Retail Sites Processing Online Gambling Payments

A Reuters investigation found seven fake online retail sites that are being used as a front for online gambling payments. The seven sites operate in Europe and seem to...

Published July 3, 2017

William Hill to Exit Israel

UK bookmaker William Hill will close its online operations in Israel and lay off more than 200 of the company’s 250 employees in Tel Aviv. A company official said...

Published July 3, 2017

Amaya Eyes Expansion into India

Amaya Inc.—owner of PokerStars—is planning to expand into India with a local partner, giving it access to the country’s 1.2 billion mobile phone users. The company is hoping to...

Published July 3, 2017

Portugal Issues Seventh Online Gaming License

Portuguese regulator Serviço de Regulação e Inspeção de Jogos has issued its seventh online gambling license to Sociedade Figueira Praia, a Portuguese betting and casino company offering sports betting...

Published July 3, 2017

Sagi Sells More Playtech Stocks to Fund Real Estate Investments

Billionaire investor Teddy Sagi has sold a stake of 11.5 percent of Playtech stock to fund a real estate move in the UK. Sagi said he hopes to raise...

Published July 3, 2017

Russia Temporarily Blocks Google Over Gambling Link

Russia’s telecom regulator temporarily blocked access to Google’s search engine last month due to links to a banned online gambling domain. The links were to Russian bookmaker Fonbet, a...

Published July 3, 2017

Blockchain Bitcoin Platform Raises $ 40 Million

Blockchain, a Bitcoin wallet start-up said it has raised $40 million in investment capital. The main investors were venture capital firm Lakestar, Google's investment arm GV, and billionaire Richard...

Published July 3, 2017

iSoftbet Release New ‘Booster’ Slot

iSoftBet, a leading online and mobile casino content developer, has announced their latest slot release, titled Booster. The game combines classic casino gaming with a modern design to create...

Published July 3, 2017

Rank Group Lauds Bede Gaming

The Rank Group has credited its switch to the Bede Gaming platform as one of the key factors in the operator’s recent financial growth and performance of its Grosvenor...

Published July 3, 2017

Playtech BGT Sports Deploys Over Coral

Austria-based omni-channel sports betting supplier Playtech BGT recently deployed its proprietary sportsbook software onto more than 450 Connect tablet-based betting terminals across Coral's online betting sites said, "Our terminals...

Published July 3, 2017

N.Y. Folds on Internet Poker

A bill to legalize online poker in the Empire State easily passed the Senate, but died in the Assembly without coming to a vote. It’s the second consecutive year...

Published June 26, 2017

Study Calls New Jersey Online Gaming a Success

According to a study by the iDevelopment and Economic Association (IDEA) and authored in part by Victor Strategies’ Gene Johnson (l.), New Jersey’s online gaming has brought close to...

Published June 26, 2017

Congressman Attempts End Run on Online Gambling Ban

Congressman Charlie Dent (l.) of Pennsylvania is reportedly trying to attach RAWA language onto a congressional appropriations bill. The move comes even as his home state is considering passing...

Published June 26, 2017

Jamaica Drafts Online Gaming Regulations

Recognizing the enormous revenue potential of interactive and online gambling, Jamaica is developing fast-track legislation to regulate its gaming industry, said Minister of Finance and the Public Service Audley...

Published June 26, 2017

States Debate, Reject Fantasy Sports

North Carolina and Texas legislators recently voted against legalizing and regulating fantasy sports in their states. The issue will not be revisited there until 2019. In Michigan, lawmakers still...

Published June 26, 2017