Events & Reports

WPT500 Los Angeles to Kick Off May 21 at Gardens Casino

by March 24, 2017

World Poker Tour released an announcement revealing the first ever WPT500 tournament on the territory of California is to be held in Los Angeles between May 21 and May 31, 2017. The event, which boasts a guaranteed prize pool of $1 million, is to take place at the premier card-ro ...

GVC Holdings Attributes 2016 Financial Growth to bwin.party Acquisition

by March 23, 2017

The international sports betting and gaming group GVC Holdings today released its financial results for the period ended 31 December, 2016. The report published by the company indicated a dramatic year-on-year jump in revenue for 2016. GVC deemed the acquisition of bwin.party, wh ...

Taxation Turns Into Biggest Obstacle to Pennsylvania’s Online Gambling Legalization Effort

by March 22, 2017

To many Pennsylvania has never been closer to legalizing online gambling. In fact, the state has been working on opening its market for Internet gaming options for some time now. However, obstacles of different nature have been obstructing legislators from taking the final step o ...

Australia’s Anti-Online Gambling Lobbyism Culminates in Offshore Operators Ban

by March 21, 2017

The Australian government approved the proposed amendments to the country’s Interactive Gambling Act 2001 that prohibit the unlicensed provision of online gaming options, poker included. In other words, offshore gaming and poker operators currently serving Australian players will ...

eSports Betting Poised to Become Billion-Dollar Industry by 2020

by March 20, 2017

The global gambling industry has come to a point of its development when it needs to make itself appealing to a new type of customers – a more demanding, inquisitive, and digitally savvy type of customers. Millennials, just as any other gambling group, are not that hard to please ...

Germany’s Not-So-New Gambling Treaty Could Delay Market Regulation

by March 20, 2017

The German online gambling market has the potential of turning into a highly lucrative one, if regulated properly. However, the country has been in a legislative limbo in regard to its iGaming and betting regulations for almost five years and following the latest regulatory devel ...

Online Gambling Legalization Progress in the US

by March 18, 2017

The legalization of online gambling at a federal level in the US is close to impossible at this point. However, a number of states have been pushing for changes in the way this type of offering is treated within their borders for years now. The past two and a half months have sho ...

Why UK TV Gambling Ad Ban May Not Hit Operators That Severely

by March 17, 2017

Data by the UK Gambling Commission shows that the country’s gambling industry has increased more than 61.7% from 2009 when a total of £8.4 billion was generated in gross gambling yield to 2016 when the amount of £13.6 billion was reported.Answering the question what has encou ...

Bookmakers Unleash Wave of Trump Impeachment Odds

by March 16, 2017

The 45th US President Donald Trump has proved to be a man of rare talent and admirable consistency. Indeed, the fact that somehow all (or almost all) of his decisions and actions usually turn out to be ones vocally opposed by the majorities should be seen as a rare talent. Not ne ...

Who Will Lose the Most from New TV Gambling Advertising Measures in Australia?

by March 16, 2017

Australian TV channels may see a significant reduction in the number of gambling ads broadcast during sports events, after local gambling operators have agreed to narrow their TV advertising efforts, if need be.According to data provided by media information services firm St ...

Portugal Shows Demand for Online Poker Despite Lower PokerStars Traffic Stats

by March 15, 2017

It was less than a year ago when first regulated online gambling operations commenced in Portugal. And it was not before late November that the country’s first online poker license was granted to PokerStars. The .pt website of the world’s largest online poker operator went off wi ...

Americans to Place $10.1 Billion in Illegal March Madness Bets

by March 14, 2017

Americans will place around $10.4 billion in bets on this year’s March Madness, an infographic presented by the American Gaming Association shows. The figure represents a 13% rise from last year, when the amount of $9.2 billion was estimated to have been wagered.According to ...

Why Australia Should Follow UK’s Example in Legalizing Online Gambling

by March 14, 2017

Australia has started a process of re-regulating its online gambling industry in a manner that will presumably provide more clarity over what is legal and what is illegal in the country. However, many have suggested that the planned crackdown on iGaming will do more ill than good ...

Seven Gambling Customers Lose £10,000 in a Day on FOBTs, GambleAware Says

by March 13, 2017

Seven UK gambling customers lost over £10,000 in a single day on fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs) over a researched 10-month period, problem gambling support charity GambleAware said in a recent filing to the Government.UK MPs are currently conducting a traditional trien ...

New York Commercial Casinos Generate $40 Million in First Weeks of Operation

by March 9, 2017

Generally speaking, New York State lawmakers tend to adopt a rather conservative stance when it comes to gambling expansion. It was in 2013 when the state approved the last expansion of its gambling industry and it will likely take quite some time before any more such measures ar ...