Events & Reports

Anti-Online Gambling Legislation May Get Sneaked Into Appropriations for FY 2018

by July 9, 2017

Over the past several years, online gambling in the United States has been a topic of contention between one group of very powerful people and another group of very powerful people. The war about the legalization or federal criminalization of this type of activity has even drawn ...

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 ...

European Gambling Regulators Sign First Shared Online Poker Liquidity Agreement in Rome

by July 7, 2017

French online gambling regulator Autorité de régulation des jeux en ligne (ARJEL) signed on Thursday the long-discussed first shared online poker liquidity agreement with its counterparts from Italy, Spain, and Portugal.Although this is an important step in merging the playe ...

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 ...

Slovakian Authorities Begin Planned Illegal Gambling Websites ISP Blocking

by July 5, 2017

Slovakia’s Financial Administration has begun compiling a list of illegal gambling websites and is planning to release it for the public on July 17. The move comes as part of a larger crackdown on the unauthorized provision of iGaming services in the country.Slovakia introdu ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sun Bingo Affiliates to Lose Players after Affiliate Program Switch

by June 29, 2017

It has recently become known that online bingo operator Sun Bingo will switch its affiliate program from Gamesys Affiliates to NetHive Affiliate Program. The choice of a new affiliate program to support the promotion of the operator’s offering should not come as a big surprise. ...

Portuguese Gambling Regulator Grants Seventh Online Gambling License

by June 27, 2017

The Portuguese gambling regulator, Serviço de Regulação e Inspeção de Jogos (SRIJ), issued on Monday the seventh license for the provision of online gambling services since the local market’s regulation.Sociedade Figueira Praia, a Portuguese betting and casino company, becam ...

CJEU Ruling Deems Hungarian iGaming Laws Incompatible with EU Rules

by June 26, 2017

Hungary’s online gambling regulatory regime has been declared incompatible with EU principles and rules, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled late last week. The ruling came as CJEU’s response to a case that dated back to 2014 and involved online gambling operator Uni ...