By 
Robert Johnson ·
A bill legalizing sports betting in Iowa cleared a first legislative hurdle, after it got support from a House Subcommittee on Wednesday. Local news outlet Des Moines Register reported that…
By Robert Johnson ·
Gambling operator William Hill made a £500,000 payment to the Dundee City Council, after a former council staff member was sentenced to jail time for stealing over £1 million from…
By Robert Johnson ·
The Chinese government is mulling the legalization of certain forms of gambling on the Hainan Island, Bloomberg reported citing sources familiar with the ongoing discussions. The move would strip Macau…
By 
Terry Davis ·
The Portuguese gambling regulator, Serviços de Regulação e Inspeção de Jogos (SRIJ), has initiated a review of the nation’s gambling industry almost two years after it issued the first online…
By Terry Davis ·
Poland’s state-run online casino will not be launched before the third or fourth quarter of the year, the country’s Deputy Finance Minister Piotr Walczak confirmed late last year. The politician…
By Robert Johnson ·
A year of big changes may be coming for Atlantic City and New Jersey’s gambling industry. In the first place, Atlantic City, once the only casino gaming hub on the…
By 
Susan Sutton ·
The Campaign for Fairer Gambling has raised some questions related to the effectiveness of the Multi-Operator Self-Exclusion Scheme (MOSES) that has been used by local bookmakers. The much-promoted Multi-Operator Self-Exclusion…
By 
Anthony Huber ·
Sports betting landscape may change soon, with more US states turning their eyes towards sports betting legalization. Apart from the long-term efforts of New Jersey to see sports betting become…
By Terry Davis ·
Victoria-facing online gambling operators have reportedly launched lobbying efforts against the potential implementation of a 15% point of consumption tax, news outlet The Sydney Morning Herald reported earlier today. If…
By Robert Johnson ·
The most recent figures about hospitality British MPs have received from bookmakers have raised additional questions and doubts whether participants in the debate over the controversial fixed-odds betting terminals have…
By Robert Johnson ·
The initial interest in casino gambling seems to have worn off among Singaporeans and permanent residents, figures released by the Singapore Totalisator Board (Tote Board) showed. Citing data from the…
By Terry Davis ·
Online gambling brand Unibet will look to increase its share in the Australian gambling market through more aggressive marketing activity, The Australian Financial Review reported. The brand is part of…
By Robert Johnson ·
Bookmaker William Hill will be pressured to disclose this week how the pending clampdown on fixed-odds betting terminals will impact its profitability, The Times reported. The company is set to…
By Robert Johnson ·
Debates over the future of the controversial fixed-odds betting terminals may be marred by conflicts of interest on the part of UK MPs who have been provided with different hospitality…
By Robert Johnson ·
Peter Jackson will assume the role of a CEO of Irish bookmaker Paddy Power Betfair on January 8, the company confirmed today. Mr. Jackson is taking over from Breon Corcoran,…
By Robert Johnson ·
BetStars has become the first international online sports betting brand to enter the Czech Republic’s newly regulated market. Local poker news outlet Poker Arena reported on Sunday that the brand’s…
By Terry Davis ·
Casino owners in Maryland have urged the state Legislature to initiate discussions over the legalization of sports betting amid hopes that the US Supreme Court could lift a long-standing federal…
By Robert Johnson ·
While UK bookmakers and anti-FOBTs campaigners have been the ultimate rivals in the ongoing highly publicized war surrounding the gaming machines, these have also managed to stir controversy within the…
By Terry Davis ·
Another British bookmaker has appeared on the UK Gambling Commission’s radar screen for allegedly failing to follow the regulator’s main principles for socially responsible provision of gambling services. The Guardian…
By Robert Johnson ·
Germany’s Interstate Treaty on Gambling has hit another setback after the Schleswig-Holstein government officially voted down on Friday the amendments that were implemented to the legislative piece back in March.…
By Robert Johnson ·
The UK Government’s triennial review of the nation’s gambling industry is due to be published late next month, or precisely a year after it became known that measures to curb…
By Robert Johnson ·
Germany’s long-time online gambling legalization effort could eventually fail, if its 16 federal states do not implement the Interstate Treaty on Gambling hastily, André Schröder, Finance Minister Saxony-Anhalt has warned.…
By Robert Johnson ·
UK gambling operators could annually lose more than £150 million in revenue as a result from the pending crackdown on fixed-odds betting terminals, The Financial Times reported citing gambling analysts.…
By Susan Sutton ·
Sports betting operators across the state of Nevada will soon be allowed to offer wagers on multiple eSports games as was announced by Karl Bennison, who is responsible for running…
By Anthony Huber ·
One of the largest interactive sports betting and gambling companies in the United Kingdom, Sky Betting & Gaming provoked wrath among its affiliate partners by announcing its plans to altogether…
By Susan Sutton ·
New Jersey filed an amicus brief with the United States’ Supreme Court, arguing that the current ban the federal government has imposed on single-game sports betting in the state is…
By Terry Davis ·
The international online gambling community today woke up to the news that 888 UK Limited, a subsidiary of major operator 888 Holdings, was fined the record amount of £7.8 million…
By Robert Johnson ·
Gauselmann Group’s Cashpoint sports betting brand has acquired Tipico’s brick-and-mortar betting operations in Denmark. Under the recently sealed deal, Cashpoint has assumed ownership over three betting outlets in the country’s…
By Robert Johnson ·
Australia is losing A$36 billion per year from organized crime activities, a report by the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) showed. The announcement came shortly after the Commonwealth Bank of…
By Robert Johnson ·
Investment management firm Silchester International Investors has purchased a 5% stake in gambling operator William Hill, The Telegraph reported earlier today. William Hill shares currently stand at £239.9, well below…