“Flawed” MPs Report on FOBTs Angers UK Gambling Operators

by January 31, 2017

UK gambling operators and a group of MPs have once again exchanged words in relation to the highly contentious fixed odds betting terminals as part of a highly publicized war between the two parties that spans for several years now.The Association of British Bookmakers urged ...

New Hampshire Lawmakers Introduce Online Gambling Decriminalization Bill

by January 31, 2017

A bill that aims to remove iGaming from the list of illegal gambling activities in New Hampshire has emerged in the state Legislature earlier this month. If enacted, HB 562 will allow interested international operators, including PokerStars, to provide their services to local pla ...

DraftKings Targets German Market with Malta Skill Games License

by January 30, 2017

Fantasy sports company DraftKings today announced that it has been granted a license by the Malta Gaming Authority under a Skill Games regulatory framework introduced by the Mediterranean island nation last year.The Skill Games license will allow the Boston-headquartered pro ...

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 ...