New Jersey Assembly Passes, Alabama Rejects Daily Fantasy Sports Bills

New Jersey’s Assembly has approved a bill sponsored by Assemblyman Vincent Mazzeo (l.) that would tax daily fantasy sports operators at 10.5 percent quarterly and require licensing through the...

Published May 29, 2017

Borgata Launches Social Casino

Atlantic City’s Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa has launched the online social gaming site BorgataFreecasino.com, a “simulated gaming” website offering slots, table games and video poker.

Published May 29, 2017

Michigan Establishes Social Media Gaming Law, Considers Mobile Gaming

Michigan Governor Rick Snyder (l.) signed a law clarifying that social media internet games are exempt from state gambling law. The games reward players with additional playing time and...

Published May 29, 2017

GVC Exits Czech Market

GVC Holdings says it will not seek licensing in the Czech Republic and advised its customers there that play has been stopped and they should withdraw their accounts. Czech...

Published May 29, 2017

PlayOn Fantasy Sports Values Itself at €35m During Funding Round

PlayOn, an Irish-owned fantasy sports gaming company has valued itself at £30 million (€35 million) during a capital funding drive. The company is in the middle of the first...

Published May 29, 2017

Poker Central Unveils PokerGO Subscription

Poker Central has launched PokerGO, a poker subscription service that will feature many of poker’s biggest live events.

Published May 29, 2017

NetRefer Provides Affiliate Program for Latvian iGaming Operator

NetRefer has provided its affiliate marketing solutions to viensviens.lv—the second biggest online sportsbooks in Latvia—through its iGamingCloud platform.

Published May 29, 2017

eSports Player Banned for Cheating

The Esports Integrity Coalition, a non-profit industry body working to regulate cheating in eSports, has banned a player for two years for cheating during the Mettlestate Samsung Galaxy CS:GO...

Published May 29, 2017

Inspired Entertainment Will Supply Virtual Sports to Veikkaus

Inspired has been selected to supply Virtual Sports products to Veikkaus Sports Betting locations and on the Veikkaus Sports Betting website. Owned by the Finnish government, Veikkaus is the...

Published May 29, 2017

Microgaming Releases Games

Microgaming has launched four new video slot games—Fortune Girl, Candy Dreams, Forbidden Throne and Goldwyn’s Fairies—within a two-week period in May

Published May 29, 2017

States Act on DFS

Fearing regulating online fantasy sports would lead to "a massive expansion of legalized gambling," a North Carolina House committee rejected a bill requiring fantasy sports operators to register with...

Published May 15, 2017

UK Gambling Commission Investigating 888 Subsidiary

The UK Gambling Commission is investigating a subsidiary of 888 Holdings to determine is the site is adequately protecting consumers. The subsidiary sponsors Championship clubs in the UK. The...

Published May 22, 2017

Sweden Proposes Licensed Online Market, Ending Svenska Spel Monopoly

A Swedish government report recommends a licensing regime for online gaming. Though the plan would largely eliminate the monopoly of Svenska Spel, it would retain control of land-based casinos...

Published May 22, 2017

Amaya Propose Name Change to Stars Group

Amaya Inc., owner of PokerStars, wants to rename itself The Stars Group Inc. The group also will ask shareholders to approve moving from Montreal to Toronto. The move is...

Published May 22, 2017

Spain Online Posts Q1 Jump

Spain’s online gaming industry saw revenue rise one-fifth in the first quarter of 2017. In the three months ending March 31, the take was almost 20 percent higher year-on-year,...

Published May 22, 2017

Resorts Atlantic City to Launch DFS Site

Atlantic City’s Resorts Casino has announced a plan to launch a daily fantasy sports site in New Jersey through a partnership with DFS supplier Sports AD. The site will...

Published May 22, 2017

Are Real Sporting Events Threatened by eSports?

A UK study released last week outlined the growing popularity of eSports in the world. But will the video version challenge the popularity of real sports? That’s a big...

Published May 22, 2017

FanDuel Partners With WNBA

The WNBA has signed a partnership deal with DFS operator FanDuel. The deal is reportedly the first between a women’s league and the DFS industry.

Published May 22, 2017

Malta Grants BetConstruct Skill Games Supply License

The Malta Gaming Authority has granted BetConstruct a Skill Games Supply License. The license lets BetConstruct offer a fantasy sports product, which includes soccer, American football, basketball, baseball and...

Published May 22, 2017

GAN to Supply Simulated Gaming to WinStar World casino

GAN will supply its simulated gaming content to WinStar World Casino. The company will supply a social gaming experience from a single technology platform and deliver a custom-designed website/app...

Published May 22, 2017