Events & Reports

Cyprus Expands Gambling Industry to Attract Investment and Boost Tourism

Cyprus Expands Gambling Industry to Attract Investment and Boost Tourism

by August 10, 2017

Over the past several years, Cypriot lawmakers, have among other things, busied themselves with crafting new gambling regulations for the sun-kissed Mediterranean island nation. As a result, expansion of both the Republic of Cyprus’ land-based and online gambling industry is in t ...

Russia’s Roskomnadzor Receives 38,700 Online Gambling-Related Complaints in H1

Russia’s Roskomnadzor Receives 38,700 Online Gambling-Related Complaints in H1

by August 9, 2017

Roskomnadzor, Russia’s media and telecommunications regulator, received more than 38,700 complaints related to the illegal distribution of online gaming content during the first half of the year, local media has reported. The figure presented reflected a substantial 235% increase ...

Slovakia, Poland, and Czech Republic Engage Local ISPs to Block Unlicensed Gambling Operators

Slovakia, Poland, and Czech Republic Engage Local ISPs to Block Unlicensed Gambling Operators

by August 9, 2017

ISP blocking has been a tool commonly deployed as part of the regulation process of one European iGaming market or another. Generally speaking, governments have been opting for that approach to prevent unlicensed online gambling operators from servicing players from their respect ...

Australia’s Online Poker Legalization Effort Gains Greater Support and Media Attention

Australia’s Online Poker Legalization Effort Gains Greater Support and Media Attention

by August 8, 2017

If there is one particular thing we have learned about Australia over the past several months, this would be that it has one of the tightest online poker communities in the world. Late last year, local players woke up to the news that the provision of online poker services could ...

Portuguese Regulator Issues Eighth Online Gambling License

Portuguese Regulator Issues Eighth Online Gambling License

by August 8, 2017

The online gambling regulator of Portugal – Serviço de Regulação e Inspeção de Jogos (SRIJ) – issued late last week the eighth license for the provision of iGaming services in the country’s recently regulated market.The eighth license’s holder is actually a company that is a ...

Global Casino Championship Kicks Off at Harrah’s Cherokee on August 8

Global Casino Championship Kicks Off at Harrah’s Cherokee on August 8

by August 7, 2017

The WSOP Global Casino Championship with a guaranteed $1-million prize pool, one of this summer’s hottest poker events, is just a day away. The tournament is summoning its participants tomorrow, August 8, at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort in Cherokee, North Carolina.Unlike ...

Unnecessary Bureaucracy and High Tax Rates Drive Gambling Operators Away from Czech iGaming Market

Unnecessary Bureaucracy and High Tax Rates Drive Gambling Operators Away from Czech iGaming Market

by August 4, 2017

Early this year, the Czech Republic adopted new gambling laws after a thorough overhaul of its existing legislative framework. The country was among several member states to have been scolded by EU authorities for failing to implement gambling legislations that comply with the un ...

Portugal’s Online Poker Market Shrinks ahead of Shared Liquidity Network Launch

Portugal’s Online Poker Market Shrinks ahead of Shared Liquidity Network Launch

by August 2, 2017

Despite the fact that Portugal’s regulated online poker market is relatively nascent, the country has joined the shared liquidity project, active negotiations about which commenced about this time last summer.Europe’s southwesternmost nation saw its first licensed poker webs ...

Italy Reports Continued Cash Game Drop amid Final Shared Online Poker Liquidity Preparations

Italy Reports Continued Cash Game Drop amid Final Shared Online Poker Liquidity Preparations

by August 1, 2017

Recent articles by Casino News Daily showed similar trends in the online poker markets of France and Spain. Online gambling figures released today by Italian gambling authorities appeared as yet another manifestation of the insecure state of Europe’s online poker, particularly of ...

Betway Partners Hands Online Gambling Affiliate Accounts to Rogue Buffalo Partners

Betway Partners Hands Online Gambling Affiliate Accounts to Rogue Buffalo Partners

by July 31, 2017

As a news website and an affiliate, Casino News Daily has always strived to provide honest and unbiased information about the latest happenings in the global gambling industry. And we consider it now our duty to provide the latest information on a topic that has been discussed in ...

Spanish Gambling Regulator Releases Information about Shared Online Poker Liquidity Project

Spanish Gambling Regulator Releases Information about Shared Online Poker Liquidity Project

by July 30, 2017

Spain’s gambling regulator – Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego (DGOJ) – published on Friday information about the draft resolution that will allow the country to participate in the shared online poker liquidity project.Spain has been one of the four regulated j ...

Spain’s Latest Cash Game Poker Figures Come as Another Call for Regulatory Action

Spain’s Latest Cash Game Poker Figures Come as Another Call for Regulatory Action

by July 28, 2017

Spain’s online gambling market has continued its year-over-year growth, according to figures posted by its gambling regulator Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego (DGOJ).Spain-facing operators generated a total of €121.3 million in gross gaming revenue during the three m ...

Financial Conduct Authority and Other UK Watchdogs Shrug Shoulders on Skrill’s Conflict-of-Interest Gambling Affiliate Business Model

Financial Conduct Authority and Other UK Watchdogs Shrug Shoulders on Skrill’s Conflict-of-Interest Gambling Affiliate Business Model

by July 28, 2017

Last week, Casino News Daily produced an article on Skrill’s practice to target potential online casino players, sports bettors, and forex/binary options traders among its existing customers via email marketing. In the current article we intend to pay a bit more attention on the ...

France’s Cash Game Poker Maintains Downward Trend ahead of Shared Liquidity Network Launch

France’s Cash Game Poker Maintains Downward Trend ahead of Shared Liquidity Network Launch

by July 27, 2017

Online poker’s continued decline in France was one of the main reasons why the country initiated the creation of a network that would see its player pool merged with those of Italy, Spain, and Portugal.Now, as the four countries have just signed their first shared online poke ...

How UK’s General Election Changed Gambling Industry’s Dynamics in 2017

How UK’s General Election Changed Gambling Industry’s Dynamics in 2017

by July 27, 2017

Industry analysts believed that a triennial review of UK’s gambling industry, due for March 2017 release, and a December 2016 decision of the country’s government to treat freeplays used by UK-facing operators to acquire and retain players could trigger a new wave of merger and a ...