In 2013, Pennsylvania first expressed an interest in online gaming with the state subsequently making great strides towards expansion over a relatively short period. Last month, State Representative John Payne (R-Hummelstown) then introduced two online gambling bills to the state legislature, including HR 140, which calls upon Congress to...
March 20th, 2015 By Stephen Smith
When Amaya Gaming acquired the Rational Group last year, it was clear the Canadian company had big plans for it PokerStars brand and would be pursuing a strategy of aggressive growth across the world. After all, the purchase came with a hefty $4.9 billion price tag, and so in...
March 19th, 2015 By Lucy Brown
GamblingCompliance (GC) is a company specializing in providing analytical information about the online gambling industry, and in its latest report entitled “US Internet Gambling In Focus: 2014 and 2015” the company has provided an insight into which direction the US iGaming industry was likely headed in 2015. While the...
March 18th, 2015 By Shane Larson
Last week, an anti-PokerStars tribal coalition headed by the Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians attacked California Assemblyman Reggie Jones-Sawyer’s (D-Los Angeles) online poker bill, branding it as “fatally flawed”. The tribal collation subsequently sent a letter to the Assemblyman criticizing bill AB 167 for including the horse racing industry...
March 17th, 2015 By Charles Washington
The congressional subcommittee to debate the Restoration of America’s Wire Act (RAWA) was originally scheduled to take place on March 5th in Washington DC, until a snowstorm postponed the hearing. However, the hearing has now been rescheduled for Thursday, March 26th, when the US House of Representatives Subcommittee on...
March 16th, 2015 By Stephen Smith
The last two months have seen New Jersey’s online gambling revenues return double digit growth of 63.6% in December, and 22.3% in January. February’s results, however, were significantly less spectacular with iGaming revenues rising by just 1% to $10.4 million, compared to the $10.3 million generated in the same...
March 13th, 2015 By Lucy Brown
Canadian company Amaya Gaming owns the world’s largest online poker operator, PokerStars, which has branches across the globe, including the group’s Italian subsidiary called Halfords Media Italy. On Wednesday, the branch subsequently came under attack by Italy’s Guardia di Finanza (GDF), after the finance police accused PokerStars.it of fraud...
March 12th, 2015 By Stephen Smith
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