William Hill Bolsters Online Offering with Yggdrasil Gaming Casino Content

by January 30, 2017

Online casino content supplier Yggdrasil Gaming today announced that it has inked a deal to boost the online gambling offering of major operator William Hill. The agreement has been signed through Yggdrasil Gaming’s newly established Gibraltar business.William Hill said that ...

PokerStars Tests New Functionality to Curb Seating Scripts Use

by January 27, 2017

Online poker room PokerStars has recently announced that it will be taking measures to curb bumhunting and the use of seating scripts. A special new functionality will be tested in a single market and if it proves effective enough, it will be launched in other markets later on. ...

New Jersey Assembly Urges Trump Office to Spare Online Gambling

by January 26, 2017

Concerns over the future of iGaming in the United States have multiplied after Attorney General nominee Jeff Sessions said that he would revisit a 2011 Department of Justice ruling that left the legalization of online gambling to individual states.A potential federal ban on ...

Google Blocks 17 Million “Bad” Gambling Ads in 2016

by January 26, 2017

A total of 17 million gambling-related ads fell victim to Google’s crackdown on non-compliant advertisers last year. According to a Wednesday report, the search engine took down 1.7 billion ads that failed to conform to its advertising policies in 2016. The figure posted was twic ...

Pennsylvania House Representative to Introduce Sports Betting Bill

by January 25, 2017

Pennsylvania has added another type of gambling offering to its wish list. A House Representative has recently informed fellow lawmakers that he plans to introduce a bill that would call for the legalization of sports betting within the Keystone State’s borders.Rep. Robert F ...

Hawaii Makes New Push for Legal Online Gambling

by January 25, 2017

Hawaii has joined the myriad of US states to be considering the legalization of online poker and other Internet gambling options. A 29-page bill (SB 677) has been introduced by Sen. Will Espero earlier this month that if signed into law will strip Hawaii of its status as one of t ...

Georgia Lawmakers to Submit New Casino Legalization Bills

by January 25, 2017

Georgia makers have renewed push for the legalization of casino gambling after their efforts have failed to gain the necessary support for several years now.Two separate, but identical, bills are to be introduced to the state Legislature, providing for the establishment of t ...

NYX Gaming to Design Fixed Odds Betting Platform for New Zealand Racing Monopoly

by January 24, 2017

Canada-listed supplier of omni-channel betting and gaming content NYX Gaming Group today announced that it has penned an agreement with the New Zealand Racing Board (NZRB) to design a fixed odds betting platform for the gambling agency.The NZRB is holding the monopoly over t ...

GVC Holdings Boosts Personalization Efforts with Beehive Deal

by January 24, 2017

Provider of marketing optimization solutions Beehive today announced that its tools have been deployed by online gambling operator GVC Holdings and more particularly by its Playtech-powered iGaming brands.The move comes as part of GVC’s efforts to devise its multi-channel ma ...

Pennsylvania Legislature Granted New Extension to Solve Casino Tax Issue

by January 24, 2017

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court gave state lawmakers four more months to find a proper solution to a casino tax issue that has left more than $140 million in tax payments to host municipalities in limbo.Last year, the state’s highest judicial body ruled that an agreement sign ...

Vietnam Allows Locals to Play at Select Domestic Casinos

by January 23, 2017

Vietnamese citizens will no longer be prohibited from playing at local casinos under a three-year pilot program introduced by the government on Friday. The partial lift on a long-standing ban that prevented local players from entering domestic casinos would allow them to visit an ...

Florida Appeals Federal Judge Ruling on Seminole Blackjack Exclusivity

by January 21, 2017

The State of Florida appealed on Thursday a court ruling made by a US District Judge last November that allowed the Seminole Tribe to keep blackjack at its casinos until 2030. The appeal filing has come as the latest development in a prolonged legal battle between the Seminoles a ...

Las Vegas Casino Giant Pays $7-Million Fine to Close DoJ Bribery Investigation

by January 20, 2017

A more than a five-year US Department of Justice probe into Las Vegas Sands’ promotional activity in Macau and China has been concluded after the casino operator agreed to pay a $7-million penalty.The major casino company was investigated for allegedly breaching a federal an ...

Gibraltar Suffers Heavy Blow in UK Remote Gambling Tax Regime Case

by January 20, 2017

The Gibraltar Betting and Gaming Association (GBGA) has received another heavy blow in its more than two-year-long Point of Consumption tax dispute with UK’s HM Revenue and Customs.An Advocate General at the Court of Justice of the European Union said on Thursday that Gibral ...

Yggdrasil Gaming Marches Toward Another Regulated iGaming Jurisdiction

by January 19, 2017

Developer and supplier of online casino content Yggdrasil Gaming has directed its expansion efforts toward yet another regulated jurisdiction. The company today announced the beginning of a certification process that would ensure that its products are compliant with Italian iGami ...