In an effort to push for a safer gambling environment, the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has unveiled a range of updates to its License Conditions and Codes of Practice (LCCP) which are now scheduled to take effect starting May 8th. Changes to the current system follows a consultation which...
February 17th, 2015 By Adam Brown
This week, PokerStars joined a growing choir of voices calling out for an overhaul of Germany’s anti-iGambling laws, which forbid all types of online wagering with the exception of lotteries, horse-racing and internet sports betting. PokerStars announced its support for the movement at a German Association of Telecommunications and...
February 16th, 2015 By Stephen Smith
Following a strong end to 2014 which saw iGaming revenues improve by 63.6% to $10.7 million in December, New Jersey’s online fortunes have continued their winning ways with revenues once more rising, this time by 22.3% to $11.6 million in January, compared to the $9.5 million reported for the...
February 13th, 2015 By Shane Larson
Online gambling in New Jersey generated just one tenth of the initial optimistic revenues Governor Chris Christie had predicted preregulation, and the $122 million it did produce for the whole of 2014 translated into around $18.4 million for the state’s budget, representing the 15% tax levied on all internet...
February 12th, 2015 By Charles Washington
PokerTube.com is the world’s biggest free poker media site, and contains hundreds of educational videos related to poker tournaments and strategies, as well as more general poker entertainments including videos of major tournaments from around the globe. Since being taken over by 180Vita in 2012, however, PokerTube has received...
February 11th, 2015 By Lucy Brown
Hopes that Mississippi and Washington would become the first US states to pass online gambling legislation this year have been dashed after the bills failed to even receive a hearing. Both bills introduced in 2015 failed to garner enough support and so have now been taken off the table,...
February 10th, 2015 By Stephen Smith
France’s online poker industry has steadily been declining since the game was first regulated back in 2010, and the latest results released for Q4 of 2014 proves no exception with internet poker revenues falling by €17.3 million compared to the previous quarter, with cash games lower by €23.8 million,...
February 9th, 2015 By Shane Larson
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