Events & Reports

PokerStars to Reimburse 60,000 Players Affected by PKR Closure

by July 7, 2017

Online poker operator PokerStars announced on Thursday that it will reimburse players of PKR after the latter poker room was shut down in early May due to serious financial issues.PokerStars pointed out that there were no strings attached to its decision to return players th ...

UK Punters Look For Good Sign-Up Bonuses when Picking Preferred Operator, Opinium Report Finds

by July 6, 2017

Market research firm Opinium today released the results of recent research focused on the “changing face” of the UK gambling customer as the nation’s industry is in the middle of an exponential growth.The 13-page Gaming’s Not So Quiet Revolution: the Changing Face of the UK ...

Seminole Tribe and Florida Governor Settle Blackjack Exclusivity Dispute

by July 6, 2017

Florida’s Seminole Tribe and Governor Rick Scott reached an agreement about the tribe’s exclusivity over the provision of blackjack within the state’s borders more than a month after the Legislature failed to solve a two-year dispute with tribal officials.The settlement was ...

NEKTAN Buys iGaming Marketing Business from Betfred Founder

by July 5, 2017

NEKTAN PLC, the international mobile gaming platform and content provider, today announced that it has acquired Nektan Marketing Services from Betfred Founder Fred Done and ActiveWin Media Founder Warren Jacobs in a £500,000 deal.Nektan Marketing Services was launched back in ...

Caesars in Talks to Expand into Queensland’s Casino Market

by July 5, 2017

Chinese-backed ASF Consortium has revealed that it has been in talks with casino giant Caesars Entertainment Corp. about potentially teaming up on a A$3-billion integrated resort in Australia’s Gold Coast city.ASF Consortium was selected by the Queensland government as the p ...

Turkey to Launch Crackdown on Illegal Gambling Activities

by July 4, 2017

The Turkish government is planning to launch a crackdown on illegal gambling, local media has reported. Under a two-year plan, different government agencies will cooperate to tackle issues related to the unauthorized provision of gambling services of different kinds, including on ...

European Countries Gear Up for First Shared Online Poker Liquidity Agreement

by July 4, 2017

Europe’s online poker landscape is about to change in just two days from now when the gambling regulators of France, Italy, Spain, and Portugal are set to sign a much-anticipated first shared liquidity agreement. The move will see the creation of a poker network that will combine ...

Philippine Government Expects Additional Revenue from Casino Privatization Plan

by July 3, 2017

The Philippine Department of Finance expressed confidence that the country’s government will continue receiving much needed revenue from casinos once a previously revealed plan for their privatization is completed.It was last year when the department announced that PAGCOR, t ...

Casino Boss Kazuo Okada Sues Family after Being Ousted from Okada Holdings Board

by July 3, 2017

Kazuo Okada is suing his family after being removed from the board of the Okada Holdings investment firm, the Japanese casino tycoon himself confirmed in an interview with global news outlet Reuters.Based in Hong Kong, Okada Holdings owns a majority stake in Japanese pachink ...

New Jersey Legislature Passes Daily Fantasy Sports Bill

by July 2, 2017

Daily fantasy sports may soon become a regulated industry in New Jersey after the state Legislature passed on Friday a bill that authorized the licensed provision of this type of service. The bill now needs one final approval from Gov. Chris Christie.The bill had previously ...

AG Jeff Sessions Recuses Himself from Online Gambling Ruling

by July 1, 2017

An anti-online gambling lobbying group backed by casino mogul Sheldon Adelson may have lost an important ally in the US Department of Justice, after Attorney General Jeff Sessions recused himself from the issue.During his confirmation hearing back in January 2017, the DOJ he ...

UK Snap Election Delays Action on Controversial Gambling Machines

by June 30, 2017

The results from a government-led review of the highly controversial fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs) will not be made public before October due to the recent UK general election, Minister Tracey Crouch confirmed during Thursday House of Commons questions.It was last Oct ...

First Shared Online Poker Liquidity Agreement to Be Signed in Early July

by June 30, 2017

A year after the French government amended the country’s gambling law in a manner that paved the way for shared liquidity negotiations, the first agreement for the creation of an online poker network between several regulated jurisdictions will be signed.The gambling regulato ...

WPT Honors Mike Sexton and Bruno Fitoussi for Numerous Contributions to Poker

by June 29, 2017

Poker players and personalities Mike Sexton and Bruno Fitoussi will be presented with the WPT Honors Award for their outstanding contributions to the growth of the World Poker Tour brand and the game of poker, as a whole.Sexton and Fitoussi will be the second and third recip ...

Casino-Related Suspicious Transaction Reports Rise 24% in Macau

by June 29, 2017

The number of casino-related suspicious transaction reports (STR) increased almost 24% year-on-year in Macau in 2016, figures presented by the Macau Financial Intelligence Office and cited by casino news outlet GGRAsia showed.The rise in STRs came after the local government ...