Events & Reports

Italy Should Stick to Its Poker Liquidity Commitment, Pier Paolo Baretta Says

Italy Should Stick to Its Poker Liquidity Commitment, Pier Paolo Baretta Says

by March 11, 2018

Italy should apply the terms of the shared online poker liquidity agreement it signed with France, Spain, and Portugal last summer in Rome, Pier Paolo Baretta, the outgoing Undersecretary of State at the Italian Finance Ministry, said earlier this week in an interview with local ...

Online Sports Betting and Casino Dominate Sweden’s Unregulated Gambling Market

Online Sports Betting and Casino Dominate Sweden’s Unregulated Gambling Market

by March 9, 2018

Online sports betting has been holding the largest share in Sweden’s unregulated online gambling market over the past decade, according to recent data from H2 Gambling Capital and Lotteriinspektionen, the local gambling regulator.However, while revenue from unregulated sport ...

Brazilian Senate Committee Rejects Gambling Bill in Long-Delayed Vote

Brazilian Senate Committee Rejects Gambling Bill in Long-Delayed Vote

by March 8, 2018

Brazilian politicians from the Senate Constitution and Justice Committee rejected on Wednesday a bill that would have legalized the provision of a number of gambling services within the country’s borders.Introduced in 2014, PL 186/2014 allowed for the regulation of Brazil’s ...

Birmingham Players Spend £30 million on FOBTs Over a Year

Birmingham Players Spend £30 million on FOBTs Over a Year

by March 7, 2018

Fixed-odds betting terminals, or simply known as betting machines, are apparently extremely popular among gambling fans in Birmingham. Players in the city have spent more than £30 million on these electronic casino games over a period of just one year, making the city the third w ...

Caesars Supports Sweeping Gambling Overhaul in Brazil

Caesars Supports Sweeping Gambling Overhaul in Brazil

by March 7, 2018

Representatives for Las Vegas casino operator Caesars Entertainment Corp. met with Brazilian politicians on Tuesday to discuss the state of Brazil’s tourism industry and what reforms would be needed to boost the country’s economy, local news outlets reported.The Caesars repr ...

James Packer Sours on Friend and UBS Australia CEO Matthew Grounds

James Packer Sours on Friend and UBS Australia CEO Matthew Grounds

by March 6, 2018

James Packer has reportedly severed ties with UBS Australia CEO Matthew Grounds, who has long been one of the closest advisers of the Australian businessman.Local news outlet the Australian Financial Review reported citing unnamed sources that Mr. Packer had sent “angry and a ...

Latest Events from Europe’s Gambling Regulatory Scene

Latest Events from Europe’s Gambling Regulatory Scene

by March 5, 2018

Europe’s gambling regulatory scene has been very dynamic over the past several months, as some countries are crafting their new regulations, while others are struggling with the consequences of adopting regulations that had been frowned upon by EU authorities.The follow ...

Poker Tournaments Starting March 5-11

Poker Tournaments Starting March 5-11

by March 5, 2018

This week’s major poker events include exciting festivals in Europe, South Africa, and the United States. The WPTDeepStacks series will kick off two stops on its 2018 schedule over the next two days, the WSOP Circuit will travel to Atlantic City, where it would hand gold ri ...

Brazil Could Legalize Casinos Only under New Ministry of Tourism Proposal

Brazil Could Legalize Casinos Only under New Ministry of Tourism Proposal

by March 1, 2018

Brazil’s years-long push to legalize different types of gambling is at serious risk of failure, after a separate legislative proposal has emerged in the country’s legislature somewhat surprisingly. Under the new proposal, only integrated resorts with casino floors could be legali ...

João Vieira and Leo Margets Join Winamax’s Team of Sponsored Players ahead of Spanish Launch

João Vieira and Leo Margets Join Winamax’s Team of Sponsored Players ahead of Spanish Launch

by February 28, 2018

If there were any doubts that Winamax was very serious about its expansion across Europe, the French online poker room has been doing its best to clear these completely. It announced on Tuesday that two more non-French poker pros have joined its team of sponsored players to promo ...

Italy Completes Shared Online Poker Liquidity Technical Checks

Italy Completes Shared Online Poker Liquidity Technical Checks

by February 27, 2018

Italy may be a step closer to joining the shared online poker liquidity project, according to local news outlets. As reported earlier, the Italian government was conducting the required technical checks to eventually merge its player pool with those of France, Spain, and Portugal ...

Poker Tournaments Starting February 26-March 4

Poker Tournaments Starting February 26-March 4

by February 26, 2018

This week’s poker tournaments overview includes events that are set to take place in Pennsylvania, Florida, Nevada, California, and the Czech Republic, all equally exciting destinations and all promising equally exciting opportunities for both poker pros and recreational players. ...

Unregulated Operations Drive Growth in Sweden’s Gambling Sector in 2017

Unregulated Operations Drive Growth in Sweden’s Gambling Sector in 2017

by February 23, 2018

Sweden’s regulated market was worth SEK17.07 billion (approximately $2.09 billion) in 2017, latest figures released by the Swedish Gambling Authority, Lotteriinspektionen, show. Regulated gambling operations recorded a 1% decrease from a year earlier.Svenska Spel, the state- ...

‘Seat Me’ Feature Integration Delays Start of Player Pooling in Portugal

‘Seat Me’ Feature Integration Delays Start of Player Pooling in Portugal

by February 23, 2018

Portugal may have to wait several more weeks before making its entry into Europe’s shared online poker liquidity scheme, despite last week’s publication of the required technical requirements in the country’s Official Journal.According to reports from Portuguese poker news ou ...

VIP Players Flock Back to Crown Resort’s Australian Casinos, Company Reveals in Half-Year Report

VIP Players Flock Back to Crown Resort’s Australian Casinos, Company Reveals in Half-Year Report

by February 22, 2018

International VIP players have flocked back to Crown Resorts’ Australian casinos, the company said in a Thursday filing to the Australian Securities Exchange. The major casino operator reported a 40% surge in VIP revenue at its casino facilities in Melbourne and Perth in the firs ...