Events & Reports

Bookmakers Scoop Quarter of a Billion in Grand National 2017 Bets

by April 9, 2017

We are into the second day of what is considered to be one of the most important weekends for bookmakers, with major sports events taking place over the globe. And when a roster of such major events is held over just two days, this certainly bodes for increased betting activity. ...

Reviving Atlantic City Casino Industry Encourages Investment

by April 8, 2017

New York investor Carl Icahn claimed that Atlantic City has lost its investment allure, when he announced the sale of the Trump Taj Mahal casino resort this February. The businessman blamed the New Jersey Senate and its President Stephen M. Sweeney for the city’s unfortunat ...

RakeTech Expands Scandinavian Portfolio with Two iGaming Affiliate Businesses

by April 7, 2017

Online gambling affiliate specialist RakeTech Group has announced that it has acquired two affiliate companies to fuel its acquisition drive. Sports betting-focused platform BetXpert and iGaming affiliate business Turtle Gaming have become the most recent members of the RakeTech ...

MGM National Harbor Becomes Maryland’s Casino Revenue Growth Driver

by April 7, 2017

With properties in Las Vegas, New Jersey, and Macau, among several other locations, MGM Resorts International has certainly established itself as one of the leading operators of destination casino resorts.The company has most recently cut the ribbon of the $1.4-billion MGM N ...

Las Vegas Visitors Set Bigger Gambling Budgets in 2016

by April 6, 2017

Patrons spent less time at Las Vegas casinos last year, but set aside more money for gambling, the results from a report commissioned by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) show.San Francisco-based research firm GLS Research interviewed 3,600 tourists ove ...

Conflicting Gambling Bills Reach Florida Legislature

by April 6, 2017

The Florida House voted on Wednesday 73-40 in favor of a bill that if adopted with its current provisions will basically shrink the state’s gambling industry to few select options. To be more precise, the Legislature’s lower house aims to keep the existing gambling status quo. ...

European Commission Approves Portugal’s Online Gambling Technical Standards Framework

by April 5, 2017

The European Commission has approved a technical standards paper submitted by the Portuguese gambling regulator – Serviços de Regulação e Inspeção de Jogos (SRIJ) – that sets a technical standards framework in relation to the provision of iGaming services.Among other importan ...

Japanese Lawmakers Commence Work on Second Casino Bill

by April 5, 2017

The Japanese government commenced on Tuesday work on the second part of its plan for the legalization, construction, and operation of integrated casino resorts in Japan.The Diet (the country’s government) legalized casino gambling last December and now needs to craft and app ...

Gambling Merger and Acquisition Activity in 2017’s First Quarter

by April 4, 2017

Consolidation within the gambling industry has taken unprecedented scope over the past several years. In 2015, three pairs of some of the world’s largest operators decided to tie the knot, thus changing the global gambling landscape significantly.Increased merger and acquisit ...

PokerStars Adds More Changes to Rewards Program

by April 4, 2017

PokerStars is set to implement more changes to its rewards program, Séverin Rasset, Director of Poker Innovation and Operations for the online poker room revealed in a post in its corporate blog. The changes will take effect in May and Denmark will be the first regulated jurisdic ...

Why Online Gambling Operators Avoid Tax-Heavy Jurisdictions

by April 3, 2017

Poland’s new gambling law came into effect on Saturday, April 1, 2017. And although its original idea was for the country to introduce a regulatory regime that complied with contemporary demand and the overall iGaming environment in Europe, things actually went a bit wrong.T ...

Macau Posts Highest Casino Revenue Increase Since February 2014

by April 3, 2017

Macau’s casinos generated MOP21.2 billion ($2.6 billion) in gross gaming revenue in March, figures by the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau show. The amount reported reflects an 18.1% increase from the same month a year earlier.The rise was the highest year-on-year o ...

Britain Vows to Protect Gibraltar as Brexit Progress Spurs Online Gambling Industry Fears

by April 2, 2017

Britain will firmly support Gibraltar during the upcoming Brexit negotiations with the European Union, Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson told media. His statement came after the EU allowed Spain to have a say in the British Overseas Territory’s future relations with the bloc, ...

32Red Leaves Australian Online Gambling Market

by April 1, 2017

TTRpartners, the affiliate program promoting gambling operator 32Red and its associated brands, has informed iGaming affiliates that it would no longer accept players from Australia.The announcement comes shortly after the Australian government approved the Interactive Gambl ...

Sweden May Regulate Online Gambling Market in Early 2019

by March 31, 2017

Following media reports from earlier this week, the results from a year-and-a-half long probe into Sweden’s gambling industry were published today.Commissioned by the Swedish government and led by Lotteriinspektionen Director General Håkan Hallstedt, the review recommends tha ...